Hoherz, S. and Bryan, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-5000-8946 (2020) Provider or father? British men’s work hours and work hour preferences after the birth of a child. Work, Employment and Society, 34 (2). pp. 193-210. ISSN 0950-0170
Abstract
This study uses data from the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society to analyse the effect of fatherhood on men’s work hours and work hour preferences. Past research indicates that British men follow the traditional male provider model by either not changing or increasing their working hours when they have fathered a child, but these previous findings are primarily based on descriptive or cross-sectional analyses. Longitudinal analysis of men in the UK (1991 to 2013) shows a significant positive effect of fatherhood on men’s work hours. However, this effect is mainly limited to the fathers of children between one and five whose partner is not employed. If the female partner is employed (especially part-time) fatherhood leads the male partner to reduce his work hours. Analysis of men’s work hour preferences did not find significant links with the number and age of children.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Authors. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Work, Employment and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | fatherhood; working hours; work hour preferences |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) ES/J500045/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2019 08:00 |
Last Modified: | 12 May 2021 17:09 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0950017019870752 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:149732 |