[What Happens After Childbirth? Changes in Partners' Employment Patterns Three Years After the Transition to Parenthood].

ABSTRACT: For many couples, the transition to parenthood also marks a transition to gender-specific employment arrangements. However, decisions about employment arrangements after the birth of the first child can be critical for future employment patterns and old-age provision. This article focuses on two questions: first, whether after the transition to parenthood there is a convergence in the employment patterns of younger parental couples born in the 1980s compared with birth cohorts born in the 1970s, and second, whether a division of labour before the transition to parenthood plays an increasing role in employment arrangements afterwards. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we analysed the employment patterns of 900 couples over 36 months after the transition to parenthood u

SUBMITTER: Kelle N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9589713 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature