abstract: 'Many organizations in Europe offer work-life policies to enable men and

  women to combine work with family life. The authors argue that the

  availability of organizational work-life policies can also reduce gender

  inequality in wages. The authors test their expectations using the

  European Sustainable Workforce Survey, with data from 259 organizations

  and their employees in 9 European countries. Multilevel analyses show

  that organizations that offer work-life policies have a smaller gender

  wage gap. Their findings also suggest that both the type and number of

  policies matter. Contrary to their expectations, dependent care

  policies, such as parental leave and childcare support, are less

  important for the gender wage gap than flexibility policies. Controlling

  for organizational culture regarding family supportiveness does not

  alter the results.'
affiliation: 'Van der Lippe, T (Corresponding Author), Univ Utrecht, Dept Sociol,
  Padualaan 14, NL-3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands.

  Van der Lippe, Tanja, Univ Utrecht, Dept Sociol, Sociol, Utrecht, Netherlands.

  Van Breeschoten, Leonie; Van Hek, Margriet, Univ Utrecht, Dept Sociol, ICS, Utrecht,
  Netherlands.'
author: Van der Lippe, Tanja and Van Breeschoten, Leonie and Van Hek, Margriet
author-email: t.vanderlippe@uu.nl
author_list:
- family: Van der Lippe
  given: Tanja
- family: Van Breeschoten
  given: Leonie
- family: Van Hek
  given: Margriet
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0730888418791652
eissn: 1552-8464
files: []
issn: 0730-8884
journal: WORK AND OCCUPATIONS
keywords: 'gender wage gap; work-life policies; gender culture; organizations;

  multilevel'
keywords-plus: 'FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES; FLEXIBLE WORKING; SIGNALING THEORY; JOB

  INSECURITY; INEQUALITY; OUTCOMES; ATTACHMENT; EMPLOYMENT; EQUALITY;

  ACCESS'
language: English
month: MAY
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '77'
pages: 111-148
papis_id: f44ae68c5e28cebc3bf9ff52d63e5ff6
ref: Vanderlippe2019organizationalworkli
researcherid-numbers: Hek, Margriet v/D-9695-2013
times-cited: '20'
title: Organizational Work-Life Policies and the Gender Wage Gap in European Workplaces
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000463889900001
usage-count-last-180-days: '6'
usage-count-since-2013: '42'
volume: '46'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Sociology
year: '2019'