Social Inequality, Gender and Housework and Care Work Division I
Social Inequality, Gender and Housework and Care Work Division I
Monday, 7 July 2025: 13:00-14:45
Location: SJES007 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC28 Social Stratification (host committee) Language: English
The last three decades have witnessed changes in gender roles, household and family structure, educational system, family policies and female labor force participation. The increased women's participation in the labor market, changing in gender role attitudes and declines in women's time dedicated to domestic vary across different countries and between race, ethnicity, nationality, educational attainment, socioeconomic status groups, but the gender inequality in the division of domestic and care work persist. The imbalanced division of housework and care work has profound consequences for women's employment, earnings, health, participations in politics and overall well-being. While most research focuses on socioeconomic and educational inequalities, it often overlooks intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, educational attainment, socioeconomic status, and unpaid domestic and care work. This session welcomes papers that provide empirical evidence or theoretical explanation to the variations and persistence of the imbalanced division of housework and care work, its consequences, and the variations observed among different social groups and countries.
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