Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women

Over the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women's and men's participation in the labour market. However, this convergence has stalled since the early 2010s.We show that women still fare worse in several important labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are...

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Autores: Hupkau, Claudia, Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/184739
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Palabra clave:Igualtat de gènere
Mercat de treball
Política familiar
Gender equality
Labor market
Family policy
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spelling Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and womenHupkau, ClaudiaRuiz-Valenzuela, JeniferIgualtat de gènereMercat de treballPolítica familiarGender equalityLabor marketFamily policyOver the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women's and men's participation in the labour market. However, this convergence has stalled since the early 2010s.We show that women still fare worse in several important labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are further aggravated among people with children. Women with children under 16 are much more likely to be unemployed, work parttime or on temporary contracts than men with children of the same age. We show that it is unlikely that preferences alone can account for these gaps. A review of the evidence shows that family policies, such as paternity leave expansions, financial incentives in the form of tax credits for working mothers and subsidised or free childcare for very young children, could help reduce the motherhood penalty. However, such policies are likely to be more effective if combined with advances in breaking up traditional gender roles.Springer Nature2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/184739Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13209-021-00243-7SERIEs. Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2021, vol. 10, num. 2https://doi.org/10.1007/s13209-021-00243-7cc-by (c) Hupkau, Claudia et al., 2021https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1847392026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
spellingShingle Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
Hupkau, Claudia
Igualtat de gènere
Mercat de treball
Política familiar
Gender equality
Labor market
Family policy
title_short Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
title_full Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
title_fullStr Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
title_full_unstemmed Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
title_sort Work and children in Spain: challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hupkau, Claudia
Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer
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Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Igualtat de gènere
Mercat de treball
Política familiar
Gender equality
Labor market
Family policy
topic Igualtat de gènere
Mercat de treball
Política familiar
Gender equality
Labor market
Family policy
description Over the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women's and men's participation in the labour market. However, this convergence has stalled since the early 2010s.We show that women still fare worse in several important labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are further aggravated among people with children. Women with children under 16 are much more likely to be unemployed, work parttime or on temporary contracts than men with children of the same age. We show that it is unlikely that preferences alone can account for these gaps. A review of the evidence shows that family policies, such as paternity leave expansions, financial incentives in the form of tax credits for working mothers and subsidised or free childcare for very young children, could help reduce the motherhood penalty. However, such policies are likely to be more effective if combined with advances in breaking up traditional gender roles.
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