Britain's slow movement to a gender egalitarian equilibrium Parents and employment in the UK 2001-13

• Published in: Work, employment and society Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 838 - 857
• Main Authors: Connolly, Sara, Aldrich, Matthew, O´Brien, Margaret, Speight, Svetlana, Poole, Eloise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Ltd 01.10.2016; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Arbeitsteilung; Arbeitszeitentwicklung; Articles: Gender and employment; Atypische Beschäftigung; Beruf; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Children; Convergence; Couples; Dual Career Couple; Dual career couples; Egalitarianism; Ehepaar; Eltern; Employment; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Erwerbsverhalten; Familie; Families & family life; Family size; Gender; Gender equity; Geschlechtsspezifik; Gleichstellung; Großbritannien; Households; Labor force; Labor force participation; Labor market; Millennium; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Mutter; Parents & parenting; Part time employment; Qualifikation; United Kingdom; Vater; Working hours; Working mothers; United Kingdom > UK; dual earners; education; employment; gender; families; breadwinners

This article examines the working lives of British couple families across the first decade of the millennium using EU Labour Force Survey data (2001–13) taking a multiple equilibria approach. Some growth in dual full-time earners, increased working hours of mothers in part-time employment and a grow...