Gender gap in reported childcare preferences among parents

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00025950%3A_____%2F25%3AN0000090" target="_blank" >RIV/00025950:_____/25:N0000090 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11220/25:10504519

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Gender gap in reported childcare preferences among parents

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Gender gap in reported childcare preferences among parents

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Review of Economics of the Household

ISSN

1569-5239

e-ISSN

1573-7152

Svazek periodika

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Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

001434067200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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