2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Many cross-national studies of welfare states and gender inequality
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report adverse effects of work-family policies on women''s labor market
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outcomes. Countries with generous work-family policies tend to have a
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lower proportion of women in positions of authority and greater
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occupational sex segregation than countries without such policies. In
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order to explain this paradox, scholars have argued that work-family
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policies may create incentives for employers to exclude women from
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well-paying jobs. This argument, however, has been left untested due to
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the absence of firm-level data on promotions. This paper seeks to make
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both a theoretical and an empirical contribution to this literature. At
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the theoretical level, we argue that the effect of work-family policies
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is contingent upon labor market context and organizational practices,
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which shape employers'' incentives or disincentives to implement
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work-family policies to more fully utilize female workers. Empirically,
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we use over-time firm-level data to test how government policy
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interventions in Japan to increase work-family benefits have affected
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female promotion rates in private companies. Analyzing changes in
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women''s promotion rates across 1000 large companies from 1987 to 2009,
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we find evidence that employers have tended to promote more, not fewer,
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women subsequent to policy interventions. Additionally, employers who
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provided more generous work family benefits promoted more women. Our
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findings point to the importance of labor market context in structuring
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employers'' incentives to leverage work-family policy reforms to utilize
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skilled female labor. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Mun, E (Corresponding Author), Amherst Coll, 165 South Pleasant St,202
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Morgan Hall, Amherst, MA 01002 USA.
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Mun, Eunmi, Univ Illinois, Chicago, IL 60680 USA.
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Brinton, Mary C., Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.'
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author: Mun, Eunmi and Brinton, Mary C.
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author-email: 'emun@amherst.edu
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brinton@wjh.harvard.edu'
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author_list:
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- family: Mun
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given: Eunmi
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- family: Brinton
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given: Mary C.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.rssm.2016.03.004
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eissn: 1878-5654
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files: []
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issn: 0276-5624
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journal: RESEARCH IN SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND MOBILITY
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keywords: 'Work-family policies; Labor market institutions; Japan; Organizations
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and inequality'
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keywords-plus: 'ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH; GENDER EQUALITY; LOW FERTILITY; INEQUALITY;
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EMPLOYMENT; POLICIES; WORK; COUNTRIES; LEAVE; MOTHERS'
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language: English
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month: FEB
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number: SI
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number-of-cited-references: '88'
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pages: 33-43
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papis_id: c5c6b2cbb6f12e5dc2ad9b9d945e4fff
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ref: Mun2017revisitingwelfare
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times-cited: '5'
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title: 'Revisiting the welfare state paradox: A firm-level analysis from Japan'
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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:000394919500004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '30'
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volume: '47'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '2017'
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