Strategies and values towards co-responsibility in care in european countries
Work-life balance policies are one of the most influential factors in the equal sharing of care between women and men. However, for far-reaching changes to take place in the gender-based division of work in societies, a new framework of social values must accompany those policies, so that care tasks...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Huelva (UHU) |
| Repositorio: | Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/22316 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22316 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Care Co-responsibility Values Gender Europe Cuidado Corresponsabilidad Valores Género Europa 63 Sociología |
| Sumario: | Work-life balance policies are one of the most influential factors in the equal sharing of care between women and men. However, for far-reaching changes to take place in the gender-based division of work in societies, a new framework of social values must accompany those policies, so that care tasks cease to be associated with families and with women. The goal of this study is twofold. First, to establish relationships between work-life models and gender equality in the labor market. Second, to link worklife balance models in European countries with predominant social values in regard to gender equality in care and employment. The sources of information used are previous studies on work-life balance plus data from the OECD, Eurostat and the European Values Study. The main conclusion is that in some countries is there great coherence between work-life models and values held concerning gender equality. These are the countries with advanced models (the Nordics) and some countries with traditional models (part of those that were socialist). In other countries, despite the existence of values favorable to gender equality, traditional worklife models persist. In many cases, part-time employment among women guarantees care management. |
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