Mütter im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kind und Beruf. Der Weg vom Ernährer- zum Zweiverdienermodell im Spiegel familienpolitischer und geschlechterkultureller Entwicklungen in Deutschland, Dänemark und den Niederlanden.

Recent decades experienced a steady increase in employment of women who had previously lived from her husband’s income and, in return, had cared for children and household. Therefore we observe a cross-national trend that makes the “male breadwinner model” disappear and leads to the establishment of a family model with two employed parents. This development, however, did not take place at the same time and in a similar way in all countries. In this article these crosscountry differences are examined by employing Birgit Pfau-Effinger’s concept of “gender arrangements” as a theoretical basis. Ac... Mehr ...