Who benefits from an adult worker model? Gender inequality in couples’ daily time use in Germany across time and social classes

IF 3.2 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Socio-Economic Review Pub Date : 2022-12-21 DOI:10.1093/ser/mwac065

Carolin Deuflhard

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Abstract

This article investigates how mothers’ and fathers’ daily time use changed across social classes from 1990 to 2013 in Germany. In the 2000s, Germany’s adherence to the male breadwinner model was eroded by labor and family policy reforms typical of the adult worker model, which assumes individual self-sufficiency. The implications for gender and class inequality have been heatedly discussed. Drawing on the German Time Use Survey, I find that gender equality in the division of labor is greatest among full-time dual-earner couples with standard schedules. The prevalence of this pattern increased among the middle- and upper-class in historically conservative western Germany, but declined across classes in formerly socialist eastern Germany. In parallel, nonstandard work patterns and dual-joblessness gained in importance among lower-class couples, particularly in eastern Germany. I conclude that the adult worker model benefited mothers with access to standard full-time jobs but at the cost of greater class polarization.

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谁会从成年员工模式中受益?德国不同时间和社会阶层夫妻日常时间使用的性别不平等

本文调查了从1990年到2013年，德国不同社会阶层的母亲和父亲的日常时间使用是如何变化的。21世纪初，德国对男性养家糊口模式的坚持受到了成年工人模式典型的劳动和家庭政策改革的侵蚀，成年工人模式假设个人自给自足。人们对性别和阶级不平等的影响进行了热烈的讨论。根据德国时间使用调查，我发现在有标准时间表的全职双职工夫妇中，分工中的性别平等程度最高。在历史上保守的西德，这种模式在中产阶级和上层阶级中的流行率有所上升，但在前社会主义的东德，这种模式的流行率在各阶级中有所下降。与此同时，非标准的工作模式和双重失业在下层夫妇中变得越来越重要，尤其是在德国东部。我的结论是，成年工人模式有利于母亲获得标准的全职工作，但代价是阶级两极分化加剧。

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