CFD 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Motherhood Penalty, Shift Work, Telecommuting
10 Jun 2018
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CHAPTER 10 CFD WORK AND FAMILY
--The interface of work and family life
The family ecology perspective tells us that workplace requirements impact family living
This o’s ilitar areer ertail affets her fail life piture:shes leaig her hild
Four in ten military women have children
Worth 1/3 less than in 2007
A lot of work stress in families, family members can influence workplace policies and conditions,
spillover of work pressure into family and also spillover of family life into work
--Gender and the work family interface
When social institutions are not well integrated, individuals who play roles in both institutions
experience role conflict (esp in women)
Attitudes are changing regarding womens roles in the workplace, traditional roles still persist though
-For eaple, a eploed paret eeds to e 1 hoe to oitor a teeager’s aftershool ehaior
and 2) at work.
--Mens work and family roles
Male provider, economically persisted into 1970s
Evident in all social classes
Both spouses are employed in most families, but men still considered primary breadwinners
Men more likely work more hours or full time
Heterosexual men are still usually considered to be breadwinners
--Womens work and family roles
Womens involvement in the workforce really took off in the 20th century
--The Wage Gap
Women 2014 79% of what men earned on average. Varied by occupation. Higher elite more impact
Coupled heterosexual women are more likely than men to limit their labor force participation
Even if she has no plans to do so, hoeer oe ust still oted ith eploers’ assuptios that
she will opt out of the labor force to care for her children
The motherhood penalty: Motherhood has a tremendous negative lifetime impact on earnings.
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