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| Titre : | The gender gap in employment hours : do work-hour regulations matter? (2015) |
| Auteurs : | Liana Christin Landivar |
| Type de document : | Article : document électronique |
| Dans : | Work, employment and society (Vol. 29, n° 4, August 2015) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 550-570 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ TEMPS DE TRAVAIL ; DIVISION SEXUELLE DU TRAVAIL ; ANALYSE DES DONNEES ; COMPARAISON INTERNATIONALE |
| Résumé : | In all developed countries, women, especially mothers, work fewer paid hours than their spouses. However, the magnitude of the gender gap varies significantly by country, ranging from 2 to 20 hours per week in this study. Using data from the 2002 International Social Survey Programme, this article investigates whether work-hour regulations have a significant effect on household allocation of paid labour and gender work-hour inequality. Two main types of work-hour regulations are examined: standard weekly work hours and the maximum allowable weekly work hours. Results show that households in countries with shorter maximum weekly work hours had less work-hour inequality between spouses, as each additional allowable overtime hour over the standard working week increased the work-hour gap between couples by 20 minutes. These results indicate that couples’ inequality in work hours and gender inequality in labour supply are associated with country-level work-hour regulations.(Source : Revue) |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | http://wes.sagepub.com/content/29/4/550.abstract |
