国家层面的性别不平等和夫妇在四十年来成为父母后的相对收入
Kelly Musick1, Wonjeong Jeong2
1Cornell University.
Social science research
|February 2, 2026
概括
当夫妻成为父母时,结构性性别歧视显著增加了夫妻内部的收入不平等. 这种影响,特别是对妻子的收入的影响,持续了多年,在各种社会经济群体中很明显.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 性别不平等和结构性性别歧视是影响劳动力市场结果的关键因素.
- 父母是关键时刻,夫妻之间的经济差异可能出现或扩大.
- 现有的研究往往忽视了系统性性别偏见在塑造父母收入动态中的作用.
研究的目的:
- 实证地评估结构性性别不平等如何影响生育后夫妻收入不平等.
- 调查国家层面对妇女工作的性别值对父母收入的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用来自当前人口调查 (1982-2020) 的纵向数据,涵盖87,694对夫妇.
- 雇佣的固定效应模型分析出生前和出生后的收入.
- 将夫妇收入数据与州级性别不平等指标合并.
主要成果:
- 国家层面的性别不平等在很大程度上影响了夫妇对父母身份的收入调整.
- 在女性工作价值更低的州,新生母亲的相对收入下降更为急剧.
- 这种影响集中在妻子的收入上,随着时间的推移而持续,并且独立于夫妇的社会优势.
结论:
- 结构性性别歧视加剧了父母之间的收入不平等,尤其影响到母亲.
- 调查结果强调了由于根深蒂固的社会性别偏见,母亲的经济脆弱性.
- 解决结构性性别歧视的政策干预对于促进母亲的经济福祉至关重要.
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