Undoing gender with institutions: lessons from the German division and reunification

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Bibliographic Details
Authors and Corporations:	Lippmann, Quentin (Author), Georgieff, Alexandre (Author), Senik-Leygonie, Claudia (Author)
Other Authors:	Georgieff, Alexandre [Author] • Senik-Leygonie, Claudia 1964- [Author]
Type of Resource:	E-Book
Language:	English
published:	Berlin, Germany German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), DIW Berlin [2019]
Series:	Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research ; 1031 (2019)
Subjects:	Familiensoziologie Soziale Werte Vergleich Nationale Einheit Geschlechterdiskriminierung Familie-Beruf Gleichberechtigung Haushaltseinkommen Hausarbeit Deutschland DDR Gender norms Culture Institutions German division Family Housework Divorce Labor market Graue Literatur
Source:	Verbunddaten SWB Lizenzfreie Online-Ressourcen

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Summary:	Using the 41-year division of Germany as a natural experiment, we show that the GDR's gender-equal institutions created a culture that has undone the male breadwinner norm and its consequences. Since reuniﬁcation, East Germany still differs from West Germany not only by a higher female contribution to household income, but also because East German women can earn more than their husbands without having to increase their number of housework hours, put their marriage at risk or withdraw from the labor market. By contrast, the norm of higher male income, and its consequences, are still prevalent in West Germany.
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 109 Seiten); Illustrationen