Essays about: "Selina Furgler"

Found 1 essay containing the words Selina Furgler.

  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