1. Trends in Fathers’ Contribution to Housework and Childcare under Different Welfare Policy Regimes
- Author
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Oriel Sullivan and Evrim Altintas
- Subjects
Labour economics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Domestic work ,05 social sciences ,Polarization (politics) ,Family life ,0506 political science ,Gender Studies ,050902 family studies ,Multinational corporation ,050602 political science & public administration ,Economics ,0509 other social sciences ,Welfare ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,media_common - Abstract
This article brings up to date welfare regime differences in the time fathers spend on childcare and core housework, using Multinational Time Use Study data (1971–2010) from fifteen countries. Although Nordic fathers continue to set the bar, the results provide some support for the idea of a catch-up in core housework among Southern regime fathers. The results also suggest an increasing polarization in Liberal countries, whereby fathers who were meaningfully involved in family life were increasingly likely to spend more time doing core housework and, particularly, childcare. Fathers living in Corporatist countries have been least responsive to change.
- Published
- 2017