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Access to Home-Based Telework: A Multi-Level and Multi-Actor Perspective
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De levensloop van voltijd werkende paren in Nederland
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Perspectief op de levensloop
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Who brings home the bacon? How gender stereotypes straitjacket men and women into traditional relationships
No full textDespite the fact that nowadays more women pursue careers and obtain higher educational degrees, there are still few heterosexual relationships in which the woman earns more, is more highly educated or has a job with higher societal status than the man. In fact, a growing number of scientific studies shows that these non-traditional couples experience all kinds of negative relationship outcomes. How is this possible?
This dissertation shows that gender stereotypes form an intricate system in which couples who break with traditional gender role divisions experience several negative outcomes. People still expect men to be breadwinners and the women to prioritize the household and childcare. In two experimental studies in the Netherlands and the United States, we show that couples who break with these traditional gender role divisions are judged negatively by others outside the relationship. In a diary study, we show that women in non-traditional relationships who have internalized stereotypes sacrifice more leisure time and think about how to reduce their working hours to benefit their home situation. Women who have internalized stereotypes to a lesser extent do not do so, but they do feel guilty towards their partner for how they combine their work and private life. Finally, we show in a large cross-national survey that gender stereotypes on a national level also influence the experiences of non-traditional couples. Non-traditional couples experience much less negative relationship outcomes in countries with more gender equality and where stereotypes about heterosexual relationships are less traditional than couples in more traditional countries
Trading time and money: a study into employees' choices in a flexible benefits plan.
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Diverse Stepfamilies: Parenting and Children's Well-being
No full textThis dissertation focuses on the growing diversity of stepfamilies in the Netherlands. While in the past, married stepfather families in which mothers had children's sole physical custody were most dominant, this pattern has been changing drastically. This change is first due to growing numbers of parents choosing joint physical custody (shared residence) post-divorce. Secondly, expanding numbers of children grow up in cohabiting or living-apart-together (LAT) stepfamilies, as parents increasingly favour these relationship types instead of remarriage. This increasing diversity among stepfamilies has implications for children's relationships with their biological parents and stepparents. Using unique data collected in the Netherlands, in collaboration with Statistics Netherlands (CBS), this dissertation examines the implications of this growing diversity on children's relationships with their (step)parents. It further investigates the associations between these relationships and children's well-being.
One of the most relevant conclusions of this dissertation is that co-residence is as important as biological relatedness for better parent-child relationships. Biological parents are more often involved in caring for children than stepparents, indicating the relevance of biological relatedness. Importantly, co-residence with children is equally important. Both biological parents and stepparents are engaged in childcare most often when children live fully with them, followed by partially (i.e., shared residence), and least involved when children do not live with them. Another finding is that the parenting roles of stepmothers are similar to those of stepfathers. This finding is important because it demonstrates that the more ambiguous parenting roles of stepmothers, compared to stepfathers, are not primarily due to the prominent role of biological mothers in raising children. Instead, it stems mainly from the fact that children often live with their stepfathers rather than their stepmothers. These conclusions have relevant social implications because they emphasize the importance of co-residence in children's relationships with their biological parents and stepparents. Moreover, they suggest that shared residence is important for allowing multiple parent figures to be more involved in children's lives. Finally, this dissertation contributes to scientific knowledge by disentangling the role of three main theoretical mechanisms often discussed in family sociology in relation to parent-child relationships, namely, biology, residence and gender
Trading Time and Money: Work and Household Effects on Employee Participation and Leave Choices in a Flexible Benefit Plan
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