Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Occupational Attainment Among Parents in Germany and the US 2000–2016: The Role of Gender and Immigration Status
Originally published 2022-10-27 · Population Research and Policy Review
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s11113-022-09744-0 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Compares occupational status at the intersection of gender and immigrant status, reminding employers that family policies alone do not remove entrenched opportunity gaps.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
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Who reaches high-status work after becoming a parent?
Compares occupational status at the intersection of gender and immigrant status, reminding employers that family policies alone do not remove entrenched opportunity gaps.
Study context
Immigrant and native-born parents in Germany and the United States using 2000–2016 Luxembourg data.
Age / stage: Adult parents.
Read with three questions
- How were professional and elementary occupations compared across countries?
- What changed over time for immigrant mothers in Germany?
- Why does the study caution against treating a family-policy package as a cure-all?
Keep the limits in view
Cross-national observational models depend on labor-market and population differences; they do not isolate the effect of any one family policy or prove bias by a specific employer.
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Paige N. Park (2022). Occupational Attainment Among Parents in Germany and the US 2000–2016: The Role of Gender and Immigration Status Population Research and Policy Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-022-09744-0
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