אי־שוויון בתוך המשפחה בעבודה בשכר ובעבודה שאינה בשכר של בני זוג: האם מדיניות משפחתית משפיעה?

In order to increase gender equality, many countries have implemented policies to improve work-family balance. This paper examines how these various policies affected the allocation of time to paid and non-paid work, for women and men, and on gender equality in these two dimensions. Two types of policies are examined: those aimed at encouraging women’s employment and those designed to increase the time fathers spend with their families. The study was based on the ISSP survey of Gender Roles conducted in 2012 including 30 OECD countries for which information on country-level policies was added. Using multilevel analysis,the findings show that policies affect women’s and men’s time allocation to paid work, and also women’s time in housework. Policies directed at fathers had no effect on their time allocation to housework. The main contribution of the study is in showing how specific policies affect gender inequality in the division of labour.