Work and well-being in a comparative perspective. The role of family policy.

Autor/in	Boye, Katarina
Titel	Work and well-being in a comparative perspective. The role of family policy. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Arbeit und Wohlbefinden in vergleichender Perspektive. Der Einfluss von Familienpolitik.
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 27 (2011) 1, S. 16-30Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcp051
Schlagwörter	Familie; Mutter; Vater; Frau; Familienpolitik; Lebensqualität; Hausarbeit; Erwerbstätigkeit; Beruf; Erwerbstätiger; Arbeitszeit; Familienarbeit; Internationaler Vergleich; Auswirkung; Mann; Belgien; Deutschland; Dänemark; Estland; Finnland; Frankreich; Großbritannien; Irland; Niederlande; Norwegen; Polen; Schweden; Schweiz; Slowakei; Slowenien; Tschechische Republik; Ungarn; Österreich
Abstract	"The present study investigates whether associations between well-being and paid work and housework, respectively, differ between European family policy models, and whether any such differences can be attributed to differences in the experience of work - family conflict. Analysing data on mothers and fathers in 18 European countries, the study finds that the traditional family policy model shows the most positive association between women's well-being and paid working hours, although this association is concealed by work - family conflict. Possibly, the selection into long paid working hours of women with rewarding jobs is greater here than elsewhere. Women's housework hours are also most positively associated with well-being in the traditional model, although well-being decreases when housework hours become too long. In the market-oriented model, women's paid working hours and housework hours are instead associated with decreasing well-being, the former association appearing to be caused by work - family conflict. The strongest positive association between men's paid working hours and well-being is found in the market-oriented model, but again, control for work - family conflict reveals positive associations in this and other models. Hence, among both mothers and fathers, work - family conflict appears to be one important reason why paid working hours are not more clearly associated with high levels of well-being." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Querschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2004 bis 2005. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2011/3