Gender gap in reported childcare preferences among parents
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11220/25:10504519
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11150-025-09764-7" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11150-025-09764-7</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11150-025-09764-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11150-025-09764-7</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Gender gap in reported childcare preferences among parents
Original language description
The child penalty explains the majority of gender employment and wage gaps. However, less is known about the factors driving the child penalty itself. In this paper, we explore the gender gap in childcare preferences, a potential contributor to the child penalty. We surveyed parents of young children and elicited the minimal compensation they would require to stay home to care for a child. Mothers require less compensation for childcare than fathers; the estimated gender gap in childcare preferences is CZK 2500 monthly (EUR 100), 7.6% of the median female wage, and cannot be explained by gender differences in labor market opportunities or prosocial motives to care for a family member. We further document a widespread misperception of fathers’ preferences, as respondents incorrectly expect fathers to require less compensation to care for a child than to care for an elderly parent.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Review of Economics of the Household
ISSN
1569-5239
e-ISSN
1573-7152
Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001434067200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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