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Un enfant ou un emploi ? Dilemme des Allemandes de l’Est et de l’Ouest

  • In East Germany, childlessness was below 10 percent before reunification, while West Germany witnessed a steady and substantial increase in the proportion of childless women, with proportions reaching over 20 percent. This paper describes these divergent developments based on micro-census data. We examine the social policy contexts that shaped women’s work and family patterns before reunification. Moreover, we discuss more recent trends and policy reforms, in particular the expansion of childcare and the parental leave benefit reform of 2007. Although family and employment patterns have become similar in eastern and western Germany, distinct behavioral patterns have prevailed. Even today, childlessness is more common in western than in eastern Germany. Furthermore, East German women regularly work full-time, while maternal full-time employment is only gradually increasing in the western parts of Germany.

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Document Type:Article
Language:French
Author(s):Michaela KreyenfeldORCiD, Dirk Konietzka
Parent Title (French):Travail, Genre et Sociétés
Additional title (English):Childlessness and women’s work trends in East and West Germany
Publication year:2017
First Page:53
Last Page:69
Related URL:https://www.cairn-int.info/abstract-E_TGS_037_0053--childlessness-and-women-s-work-trends-in.htm
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3917/tgs.037.0053
Release Date:2018/11/13
Volume:37
Notes:
The English version of the document is available online at:
https://www.cairn-int.info/abstract-E_TGS_037_0053--childlessness-and-women-s-work-trends-in.htm
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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