Familiengründung und gewünschter Erwerbsumfang von Männern - Eine Längsschnittanalyse für die alten Bundesländer

Abstract

The existing literature offers two conflicting expectations about how fatherhood may influence men's working hours. The traditional male-provider model predicts that a man will increase his labour supply after becoming a father, while the model of involved fatherhood suggests that fathers will cut back their working hours. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this article considers how becoming a father affects men's preferred working hours. The findings indicate that fathers whose wives work full-time tend to decrease their labour supply. In contrast fathers whose wives work part-time or are homemakers tend to increase their working hours. Despite changes in gender role attitudes, fathers' willingness to reduce their working hours has not increased in recent decades.