Educational Attainment and Gender Differences in Work-Life Balance for Couples across Europe: A Contextual Perspective.

ABSTRACT: The current article aims to explain the interrelationships between the educational attainment of individuals living in house-holds with heterosexual partners, their work-life balance (WLB) and the macro-economic climate of the country they live in, using data from the European Social Survey. WLB is a complex concept, as it is not only determined by factors related to someone's employment or domestic work and childcare responsibilities, but also by decisions informed by personal experiences and circumstances, subjective perceptions and preferences. Moreover, in households with cohabiting partners, this decision-making process involves certain compromises where financial incentives, interests, gender and power dynamics play an important role. Since educational attainment is positively relate

SUBMITTER: Kromydas T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7116291 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature