{"id":1614,"date":"2024-06-02T16:28:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T07:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2024-06-02T16:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T07:28:15","slug":"career-children-or-neither-fathers-housework-and-mothers-work-family-arrangements-following-first-birth-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/2024\/06\/02\/career-children-or-neither-fathers-housework-and-mothers-work-family-arrangements-following-first-birth-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Career, Children, or Neither? Fathers’ Housework and Mothers\u2019 Work-Family Arrangements Following First Birth in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colloquium in May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ohjae Gowen (Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, US)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the recent discussion on the \u201cgender revolution,\u201d the challenges dual-earner parents face in balancing work and family have been identified as the primary cause of gender inequalities. It has also been argued that the revolution can only begin when mothers are able to pursue their careers while having as many children as they desire. As a crucial foundation for achieving this goal, the importance of fathers participating in housework has been highlighted.<\/p>\n

However, previous empirical studies have only examined the effects of fathers’ housework on either mothers\u2019 careers or their likelihood of having a second child. This limited focus has made it difficult to determine whether mothers are more likely to forgo their careers, having a second child, or both due to the lack of fathers\u2019 involvement in housework.<\/p>\n

Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1976-2021), this study explores the impacts of fathers\u2019 housework in U.S. families on both mothers\u2019 full-time employment and their likelihood of having a second child. The study finds that in the U.S., fathers\u2019 housework hours are negatively associated with mothers\u2019 full-time employment, but not with their likelihood of having a second child. The implications of these findings are discussed, particularly regarding how the lack of fathers\u2019 housework can hinder the \u201cgender revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colloquium in May 2024 Ohjae Gowen (Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, US) In the recent discussion on the \u201cgender revolution,\u201d the challenges dual-earner parents face in balancing work and family have been identified as the primary cause of gender inequalities. It has also been argued that the revolution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[89,10,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1617,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/1617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}