Essays about: "Secondary earner"

Found 2 essays containing the words Secondary earner.

1. 1. Sliding into a Gendered Division of Labour

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Selina Furgler; [2019]
   Keywords : division of labour; gender equality; family policy; couples’ decision-making; gendered master status; transition to parenthood; part-time work; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In Switzerland the one-and-a-half-earner model where the father is the primary wage-earner working full-time and the woman is the secondary wage-earner working part-time while taking over the majority of care and housework responsibilities is predominant. This is discussed criti-cally as the normative and institutional context incentivises parents to adopt a division of labour that disadvantages women in terms of economic vulnerability and social recognition. READ MORE

3. 2. Taxation and Married Female Labor Supply - A Study of the Swedish Separate Filing Reform of Labor Income in 1971

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Haixia Wang; Carl Öhman; [2013]
   Keywords : Tax filing system; Tax progressivity; Secondary earner; Married female labor force participation;

   Abstract : Sweden's separate filing reform of labor income in 1971 was important for the decision of wives, often secondary earners historically, regarding whether or not to start working in the market. In this paper, we develop a static model of labor supply, exclusively focusing on the labor supply decision of the wife. READ MORE