Parents’ dual reconciliation of gainful employment and childcare: Empirical evidence from Austria
Join this event to hear Dr Gerlinde Mauerer discuss her new research based upon investigations of men’s parental leave and work-family-arrangements.
Parents’ dual reconciliation of gainful employment and childcare: Empirical evidence from Austria
29 Nov 2022, 13:00 – 14:00
The new research asks if and how parents’ dual uptake of parental leave promotes the deconstruction of gender inequalities in parents’ reconciliation of gainful employment and childcare. The data gained from the research offers multi-perspective findings related to parents’ strategies in sharing gainful work and childcare and investigating couples’ interactions.
In this event, Gerlinde will explore how the the impact of social parenting norms in parents’ reports and ask, how a wider group of parents might be attracted to dually taking parental leave and claiming childcare benefits, as men’s shares are still lower than women’s, in Austria and internationally.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in parental leave, gender, work-life balance and childcare.
Please note that this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or virtually.
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Dr Gerlinde Mauerer
Senior Researcher
Department of Sociology, University of Vienna
Her main research interests are: gender and family research, focusing on empirical studies on parental leave. Her recent research included masculinities studies, sociology of health and illness, and feminist theories. In 2016 she was Visiting Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of York, UK.