Work-family conciliation: a comparison of the employment decisions made by Mexican and Spanish women

The recent world economic crises have accelerated the integration of women into the labor force. This has represented a new challenge in the achievement of work-family balance. The aim of the present study was to analyze the extent to which the feasibility to conciliate work and family influence car...

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Main Authors:	Aguilar-Barceló, José Gabriel, López-Pérez, Nadxilli
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Published:	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2016
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spelling	oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-6092020-02-13T09:58:21Z Work-family conciliation: a comparison of the employment decisions made by Mexican and Spanish women Conciliación trabajo-familia: una comparación de las decisiones de empleo entre las mujeres de México y España Aguilar-Barceló, José Gabriel López-Pérez, Nadxilli gender work-family conciliation labor market self-employment paid employment género conciliación trabajo-familia mercado laboral autoempleo empleo asalariado The recent world economic crises have accelerated the integration of women into the labor force. This has represented a new challenge in the achievement of work-family balance. The aim of the present study was to analyze the extent to which the feasibility to conciliate work and family influence career choice and the level of women employment from Mexico and Spain. In order to achieve this, data from the Family and Changing Gender Roles IV International Research Project was analyzed by using a multinomial logistic regression model. Occupation was treated as the dependent variable while socioeconomic characteristics, stereotypes, gender roles and household division of labor were treated as independent variables. The main findings indicate that the lack of work-family conciliation increases the likelihood of women’s participation as housewives in both countries. The international comparison showed that gender bias and asymmetry in household division of labor did not lead to extra-domestic work. However, this activity was consistent with traditional gender roles that associate women with child rearing. We conclude that even though Mexico and Spain share certain cultural canons, these countries have differences in the way of conceptualizing the conciliation of family and work, which are also reflected in a differentiated regulatory framework. Las crisis económicas mundiales recientes han acelerado el flujo de incorporación de la mujer al trabajo extradoméstico, lo que ha representado un nuevo reto en la consecución de la conciliación trabajo-familia. El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar hasta qué punto la posibilidad de conciliar trabajo y familia determina el grado de inserción laboral femenina y la elección de ocupación de las mujeres de México y España, haciendo un comparativo internacional para distinguir el efecto local, de las tendencias globales. Para ello, se utilizó el método de regresión logística multinomial a partir de la base de datos del programa Family and Changing Gender Roles IV; la ocupación fue tratada como variable dependiente, mientras que las características socioeconómicas y aquellas relacionadas con los estereotipos, roles de género y de división del trabajo en el hogar se consideraron como variables independientes. Se encontró que la falta de conciliación favorece que la mujer se dedique al hogar en ambos países. El comparativo internacional mostró que los prejuicios de género y la asimetría en la división del trabajo no fomentan el trabajo extradoméstico, pero este sí fue compatible con los roles tradicionales que responsabilizan a la mujer del cuidado de los hijos y la atención del hogar. Se concluyó que aun siendo México y España países que comparten ciertos cánones culturales, existe entre ellos diferencias en la forma de conceptualizar la conciliación entre familia y trabajo, lo cual también se vio reflejado en un marco normativo diferenciado. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2016-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/xml https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/609 10.29059/cienciauat.v11i1.609 CienciaUAT; Vol. 11 No. 1: July-December 2016; 37-48 CienciaUAT; Vol. 11 No. 1: Julio-Diciembre 2016; 37-48 2007-7858 2007-7521 spa https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/609/381 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/609/520 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/609/720
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title	Work-family conciliation: a comparison of the employment decisions made by Mexican and Spanish women
title_short	Work-family conciliation: a comparison of the employment decisions made by Mexican and Spanish women
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description	The recent world economic crises have accelerated the integration of women into the labor force. This has represented a new challenge in the achievement of work-family balance. The aim of the present study was to analyze the extent to which the feasibility to conciliate work and family influence career choice and the level of women employment from Mexico and Spain. In order to achieve this, data from the Family and Changing Gender Roles IV International Research Project was analyzed by using a multinomial logistic regression model. Occupation was treated as the dependent variable while socioeconomic characteristics, stereotypes, gender roles and household division of labor were treated as independent variables. The main findings indicate that the lack of work-family conciliation increases the likelihood of women’s participation as housewives in both countries. The international comparison showed that gender bias and asymmetry in household division of labor did not lead to extra-domestic work. However, this activity was consistent with traditional gender roles that associate women with child rearing. We conclude that even though Mexico and Spain share certain cultural canons, these countries have differences in the way of conceptualizing the conciliation of family and work, which are also reflected in a differentiated regulatory framework.
publisher	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
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Work-family conciliation: a comparison of the employment decisions made by Mexican and Spanish women

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