Ideals or compromises? The attitude-behaviour relationship in mothers' employment

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 639-668

  Steiber, Nadia ^a   Haas, Barbara ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Culture; Labor supply; Preferences; Social policy; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349553638     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwp015     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Ajzen, I. (1991) 'The Theory of Planned Behavior', Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179-211.
2. Ajzen, I. (2001) 'Nature and Operation of Attitudes', Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 27-58.
3. Albrecht, J. W., Edin, P.-A. and Vroman, S. B. (2000) 'A Cross-Country Comparison of Attitudes towards Mothers Working and Their Actual Labor Market Experience', Labour, 14, 591-607.
4. Algan, Y. and Cahuc, P. (2007) 'The Roots of Low European Employment: Family Culture?' In Pissarides, C. and Frenkel, J. (eds) NBER International Macroeconomic Annual, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press.
5. Berrington, A., Hu, Y., Smith, P. W. and Sturgis, P. (2008) 'A Graphical Chain Model for Reciprocal Relationships between Women's Gender Role Attitudes and Labour Force Participation', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 71, 89-108.
6. Browne, W. J. (2003) 'MCMC Estimation in MLwiN', Updated for University of Bristol, October 2005, Institute of Education, University of London, London.
7. Comim, F. (2001) 'Operationalising Sen's Capability Approach', paper prepared for the Conference Justice and Poverty: Examining Sen's Capability Approach, Cambridge, June 5-7.
8. Cerami, A. (2006) 'Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe. The Emergence of a New European Welfare Regime', Berlin, LIT Verlag.
9. Crompton, R. and Harris, F. (1998) 'Explaining Women's Employment Patterns: Orientation to Work Revisited', British Journal of Sociology, 49, 117-136.
10. Crompton, R. and Lyonette, C. (2005) 'The New Gender Essentialism - Domestic and Family "Choices" and Their Relation to Attitudes', British Journal of Sociology, 56, 601-620.
11. Crompton, R. and Lyonette, C. (2006) 'Some Issues in Cross-National Comparative Research Methods: A Comparison of Attitudes to Promotion, and Women's Employment, in Britain and Portugal', Work, Employment & Society, 20, 403-414.
12. Daly, M. (2000) 'A Fine Balance: Women's Labor Market Participation in International Comparison'. In Scharpf, F. W. and Schmidt, V. (eds) Welfare and Work in the Open Economy, Volume II. Diverse Response to Common Challenges, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 467-511.
13. Daly, M. and Rake, K. (2003) 'Gender and the Welfare State: Care, Work and Welfare in Europe and the US', Cambridge, Polity Press.
14. De Henau, J., Meulders, D. and O'Dorchai, S. (2006) 'The Comparative Effectiveness of Public Policies to Fight Motherhood-Induced Employment Penalties and Decreasing Fertility in the Former EU-15', DULBEA Working Paper No. 06-02.RS, Brussels, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
15. Del Boca, D., Pasqua, S. and Pronzato, C. (2008) 'Market Work and Motherhood Decisions in Context', IZA Discussion Paper No. 3303, Bonn, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
16. Djurdjevic, D. (2005) 'Women's Labour Supply after Childbirth: An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland', Darmstadt Discussion Papers in Economics No. 144, Darmstadt, Technische Universität Darmstadt.
17. Duncan, S., Edwards, R., Reynolds, T. and Alldred, P. (2003) 'Motherhood, Paid Work and Partnering: Values and Theories', Work, Employment & Society, 17, 309-330.
18. Engelbrech, G. and Jungkunst, M. (2001) 'Erwerbsbeteiligung von Frauen: Wie bringt man Beruf und Kinder unter einen Hut?', IAB Kurzbericht 7/01, Institut für Arbeits- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg.
19. England, P., Gornick, J. and Shafer, E. (2008) 'How Women's Employment and the Gender Earnings Gap Vary by Education in Sixteen Nations: Understanding Class/Gender Interactions', paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 3.
20. Esping-Andersen, G. (1990) Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge, Polity Press.
21. European Commission (2006) 'Indicators for Monitoring the Employment Guidelines Including Indicators for Additional Employment Analysis: 2006 Compendium, Brussels', DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.
22. Fagan, C. (2001) 'Time, Money and the Gender Order: Work Orientations and Working-Time Preferences in Britain', Gender, Work and Organization, 8, 239-266.
23. Ferrera, M. (1996) 'The "Southern Model" of Welfare in Social Europe', Journal of European Social Policy, 6, 17-37.
24. Festinger, L. (1957) A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, Stanford, Stanford University Press.
25. Festinger, L. and Carlsmith, J. M. (1959) 'Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance', Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, 203-210.
26. Fortin, N. M. (2005) 'Gender Role Attitudes and the Labour Market Outcomes of Women across Countries', Oxford Review of Economic Policy 21, 416-438.
27. Gornick, J. C. and Meyers, M. (2003) 'Introduction: The Conflicts between Earning and Caring'. In Gornick, J. C. and Meyers, M. (eds) Families That Work: Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment New York, Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 1-23.
28. Gornick, J. C., Meyers, M. K. and Ross, K. E. (1998) 'Public Policies and the Employment of Mothers: A Cross-National Study', Social Science Quarterly, 79, 35-54.
29. Gregg, P., Harkness, S. and Macmillan, L. (2006) 'Welfare to Work Policies and Child Poverty: A Review of Issues Relating to the Labour Market and Economy', York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
30. Gustafsson, S. S.,Wetzels, C. M., Vlasblom, J. D. and Dex, S. (1996) 'Women's Labor Force Transitions in Connection With Childbirth: A Panel Data Comparison between Germany, Sweden and Great Britain', Journal of Population Economics, 14, 225-247.
31. Gutiérrez-Domènech, M. (2005) 'Employment after Motherhood: A European Comparison', Labour Economics, 12, 99-123.
32. Haas, B. (2005) 'The Work-Care Balance: Is it Possible to Identify Typologies for Cross-National Comparisons?', Current Sociology, 53, 487-508.
33. Haas, B., Steiber, N., Hartel, M. and Wallace, C. (2006) 'Household Employment Patterns in an Enlarged European Union', Work, Employment & Society, 20, 751-771.
34. Hakim, C. (2000) 'Work-Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century: Preference Theory', Oxford, Oxford University Press.
35. Hakim, C. (2003) 'Public Morality versus Personal Choice: The Failure of Social Attitude Surveys', British Journal of Sociology, 54, 339-345.
36. Hakim, C. (2004) 'Lifestyle Preferences versus Patriarchal Values: Causal and Non-Causal Attitudes'. In Zollinger Giele, J. and Holst, E. (eds) Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies, Oxford, Elsevier, pp. 69-91.
37. Himmelweit, S. and Sigala, M. (2004) 'Choice and the Relationship between Identities and Behaviour for Mothers with Pre-School Children: Some Implications for Policy from a UK Study', Journal of Social Policy, 33, 455-478.
38. Irwin, S. (2004) 'Attitudes, Care and Commitment: Pattern and Process', Sociological Research Online, 9.
39. Jaumotte, F. (2004) 'Labour Force Participation of Women: Empirical Evidence on the Role of Policy and Others Determinants in OECD Countries', OECD Economic Studies 37, Paris, OECD.
40. Johnson, J. O. (2005) 'Who's Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Winter 2002', Household Economic Studies, October 2005, U.S. Census Bureau.
41. Kan, M. Y. (2007) 'Work Orientation and Wives' Employment Careers: An Evaluation of Hakim's Preference Theory', Work and Occupations, 34, 430-462.
42. Kangas, O. and Rostgaard, T. (2007) 'Preferences or Institutions? Work-Family Life Opportunities in Seven European Countries', Journal of European Social Policy, 17, 240-256.
43. Kremer, M. (2006) 'The Politics of Ideals of Care: Danish and Flemish Child Care Policy Compared', Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 13, 261-285.
44. Kremer, M. (2007) 'How Welfare States Care: Culture, Gender and Parenting in Europe', Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press.
45. Lewis, J. (1992) 'Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes', Journal of European Social Policy, 3, 159-173.
46. Lewis, J. (2006) 'Employment and Care: The Policy Problem, Gender Equality and the Issue of Choice', Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 8, 103-114.
47. Lewis, J. and Giullari, S. (2005) 'The Adult Worker Model Family, Gender Equality and Care: The Search for New Policy Principles and the Possibilities and Problems of a Capabilities Approach', Economy and Society, 34, 76-104.
48. Mandel, H. (2007) 'Ideology, Family Policy and Gender Economic Inequality: Different Models, Different Tradeoffs', Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 465, Luxembourg, LIS.
49. Mandel, H. and Semyonov, M. (2006) 'A Welfare State Paradox: State Intervention and Women's Employment Opportunities in 22 Countries', American Journal of Sociology, 111, 1910-1949.
50. McRae, S. (2003) 'Constraints and Choices in Mothers' Employment Careers: A Consideration of Hakim's Preference Theory', British Journal of Sociology, 54, 317-338.
51. Mincer, J. (1962) 'Labour Force Participation of Married Women: A Study of Labour Supply'. In Lewis, H. G. (ed) Aspects of Labour Economics Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, pp. 63-105.
52. Nakamura, A. and Nakamura, M. (1992) 'The Econometrics of Female Labour Supply and Children', Econometric Reviews, 11, 1-71.
53. Olson, K. (2002) 'Recognizing Gender, Redistributing Labor', Social Politics, 9, 380-410.
54. OECD (2001) 'Chapter 4: Balancing Work and Family Life: Helping Parents into Paid Employment', OECD Employment Outlook 2001, Paris, OECD.
55. OECD (2005) Babies and Bosses: Reconciling Work and Family Life, series covering Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden and the UK, Paris, OECD.
56. Peter, F. (2003) 'Gender and the Foundations of Social Choice: The Role of Situated Agency', Feminist Economics, 9, 13-32.
57. Pettit, B. and Hook, J. (2005) 'The Structure of Women's Employment in Comparative Perspective', Social Forces, 84, 779-801.
58. Plantenga, J. and Remery, C. (2005) 'Reconciliation of Work and Private Life. A Comparative Review of Thirty European Countries', Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
59. Pungello, E. P. and Kurtz-Costes, B. (2000) 'Working Women's Selection of Care for Their Infants: A Prospective Study', Family Relations, 49, 245-255.
60. Ronsen, M. and Sundström, M. (2002) 'Family Policy and After-Birth Employment among New Mothers - A Comparison of Finland, Norway and Sweden', European Journal of Population, 18, 121-152.
61. Rubery, J., Smith, M. and Fagan, C. (1999) Women's Employment in Europe, London, Routledge.
62. Schwartz, S. H. (1994) 'Beyond Individualism-Collectivism: New Cultural Dimensions of Values'. In Kim, U., Triandis, H. C., Kagitcibasi, C., Choi, S. C. and Yoon, G. (eds) Individualism and Collectivism, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage, pp. 85-119.
63. Sen, A. (1985) 'Well-Being, Agency and Freedom. The Dewey Lectures 1984', The Journal of Philosophy, 82, 169-224.
64. Stier, H., Lewin-Epstein, N. and Braun, M. (2001) 'Welfare Regimes, Family-Supportive Policies, and Women's Employment along the Life-Course', American Journal of Sociology, 106, 1731-1760.
65. Uunk,W., Kalmijn, M. andMuffels, R. (2005) 'The Impact of Young Children on Women's Labour Supply. A Reassessment of Institutional Effects in Europe', Acta Sociologica, 48, 41-62.
66. van der Lippe, T. (2001) 'The Effect of Individual and Institutional Constraints on Hours of Paid Work of Women'. In van der Lippe, T. and van Dijk, L. (eds) Women's Employment in a Comparative Perspective New York, Aldine de Gruyter, pp. 221-243.
67. Wall, K. (2007) 'Leave Policy Models and the Articulation of Work and Family in Europe: A Comparative Perspective'. In Moss, P. and Wall, K. (eds) International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2007, London, Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pp. 25-43.