scholarly journals Stay-at-home fathers on the wane – In comes daddy day! Changing practices of fathering in German-speaking countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Schwiter ◽  
Diana Baumgarten
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Changing Practices ◽  
Language Context ◽  
At Home

Our commentary brings Boyer et al.’s (2017) argument of a ‘regendering of care’ through men’s growing engagement as caregivers into a dialogue with scholarship from German-speaking countries. This literature supports Boyer et al.’s claim of a connection between labour market opportunities and stay-at-home fatherhood. However, the research from our language context also suggests that fathers who are not gainfully employed do not necessarily become primary caregivers. Furthermore, the number of stay-at-home fathers is shrinking rather than growing. In light of these findings, we suggest shifting the discussion from stay-at-home fathers to fathers as part-time workers and part-time carers. This is where we identify the potential for a subtle revolution that bears the promise of far more wide-ranging changes in the gendering of care.

European Union regulations and governance of part-time work

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-54
Author(s):  
Sonja Bekker ◽  
Dalila Ghailani
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Part Time Work

This chapter focuses on the European Union (EU) dimension of part-time work. It gives a broad overview of EU norms and instrument and sets the issue of part-time work in the wider context of gender equality. Connecting part-time work with gender equality facilitates the analysis in two ways. Firstly, it enables linking the EU's employment policies to fundamental rights such as equal labour market opportunities for men and women. Via this fundamental rights approach the EU's view on part-time work may be tied to concerns of labour market dualisation. Secondly, it helps to analyse the degree of conflict between the aims of the different EU instruments. For instance, do the part-time work directive and the European Employment Strategy (EES) both aim for equal employment opportunities, or do other goals prevail? By answering such questions, the chapter not only reveals the different ways in which the EU deals with part-time employment, but also uncovers whether or not there is coherence between the different EU-level instruments

scholarly journals Looking beyond Average Earnings: Why Are Male and Female Part-Time Employees in the UK More Likely to Be Low Paid Than Their Full-Time Counterparts?

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madeline Nightingale
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Pay Gap ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Part ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Low Pay

This article uses Labour Force Survey data to examine why male and female part-time employees in the UK are more likely to be low paid than their full-time counterparts. This ‘low pay penalty’ is found to be just as large, if not larger, for men compared to women. For both men and women, differences in worker characteristics account for a relatively small proportion of the part-time low pay gap. Of greater importance is the unequal distribution of part-time jobs across the labour market, in particular the close relationship between part-time employment and social class. Using a selection model to adjust for the individual’s estimated propensity to be in (full-time) employment adds a modest amount of explanatory power. Particularly for men, a large ‘unexplained’ component is identified, indicating that even with a similar human capital and labour market profile part-time workers are more likely than full-time workers to be low paid.

scholarly journals Personal growth and related factors among family primary caregivers after bereavement of a terminally ill cancer patient at home

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 140-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomomi Sano ◽  
Etsuko Kusajima ◽  
Yuki Shirai ◽  
Mariko Setoyama ◽  
Terue Tamai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Primary Caregivers ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
At Home

Program Evaluation for Part-Time Work, Flex-Time Work and At-Home Work in Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-51
Author(s):  
Yongjin Sa
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Evaluation Plan ◽  
Home Work ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Part Time Work ◽  
At Home

This study aims to develop the program evaluation plan for three kinds of “Flex-Working” programs such as “Part-Time Work”, “Flex-Time Work” and “At-Home Work” program of the Central Government of Korea. More specifically, this study discusses description of the flex-working programs in terms of program context, purpose, outcome in order to draw out the flex-working program theory model. In addition, the program participants and stakeholders, program contextual factors, primary users of the evaluation and stakeholder involvement with regards to the programs are all discussed in this paper. 

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