2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'In many respects, Sweden is maybe the country where public policies to
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increase the equality between men and women have been most prolonged and
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advanced. In 1996 the UN declared Sweden to be the most gender-equal
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country in the world. However, women still take much more responsibility
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for children and domestic work than men do, leading to the reproduction
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of gender inequality in the labour market and in society at large. A
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causal mechanism is used to analyse this phenomenon, starting from the
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observation that men are on average three years older than women and
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thus already have a stronger position on the labour market when a
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heterosexual couple is formed. This increases the risk that the woman
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will lose the first negotiations on how to divide household and wage
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labour when they have children. This will in turn lead to increasing
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returns for the man, increasing the risk that she will lose subsequent
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negotiations about the division of labour. What seems to be a rational
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arrangement for both (increasing the total income for the family)
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results in the reproduction of gender inequality. The analysis shows
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that gender inequality in a country like Sweden is reproduced behind the
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backs of the agents.'
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affiliation: 'Rothstein, B (Corresponding Author), Univ Gothenburg, Dept Polit Sci,
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Box 711, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Univ Gothenburg, Dept Polit Sci, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.'
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author: Rothstein, Bo
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author-email: Bo.Rothstein@pol.gu.se
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author_list:
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- family: Rothstein
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given: Bo
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00517.x
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files: []
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issn: 0968-6673
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journal: GENDER WORK AND ORGANIZATION
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keywords: 'gender inequality; asymmetric mate selection; Swedish gender policy;
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causal mechanisms'
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keywords-plus: WORKING TIME; MARRIAGE; FAMILY
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language: English
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month: MAY
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '40'
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pages: 324-344
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papis_id: fa14e89f160914a9818349a2e7383387
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ref: Rothstein2012reproductiongender
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times-cited: '22'
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title: 'The Reproduction of Gender Inequality in Sweden: A Causal Mechanism Approach'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000302909200005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '24'
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volume: '19'
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web-of-science-categories: Management; Women's Studies
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year: '2012'
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