Women's Part-Time Employment and Gender Inequality in The Family  

Oleh:

Stier, Haya ; Lewin-Epstein, Noah

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Family Issues vol. 21 no. 3 (May 2000), page 390-410.
Topik: GENDER; part - time; employment; gender; inequality; family
Fulltext: 390.pdf (2.06MB)

Isi artikel

This article examines the effects of full - and part - time employment of women on various aspects of a household's arrangements. It argues that only full - time employment represents a significant transformation in women's roles, thus providing the bargaining resources that allow them to affect the household's arrangements. The authors see part-time involvement in market work as a way to maintain, rather than change, the traditional division of labor. Based on data collected in the fall of 1994 from a representative sample of the Israeli Jewish population, the authors find that although full - time employment contributes to gender equality within the household, part - time employment does not. Husbands of fully employed wives are more likely to participate in housework chores that are female - dominated, and full - time employed women are more likely than part - time employed or housewives to take part in the household's financial and expenditure responsibilities. Part - time workers gain no advantage over housewives within their families.

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