RT journal article
T1 Dual-career Spanish couples in Europe: Work-family balance in childcare
A1 Escriva, Ángeles
A1 Bermúdez Figueroa, Eva
A1 Minguela Recover, María de los Ángeles
A2 Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social
A2 Economía General
AB The article explores the childcare arrangements made bySpanish migrants in Belgium, Germany and the United King-dom. The research is based on semi-structured interviewsconducted after an exploratory survey. The respondents,mostly women with university degrees, had engaged inintra-European mobility between the economic recession of2008 and the health crisis of 2020. In the narratives, womenin dual-career couples with young children reflect on howapproaching work-family balance depends on receivingsocial, institutional and family support. In addition, genderexpectations affect negotiations around the sharing of rolesand responsibilities in different-sex couples. Intervieweesunderline that the gender divide persists or is even rein-forced in relation to employment and technological change.Non-standard and -flexible jobs, little access to services orincompatible teleworking with children at home reveal thefragility of care and welfare regimes and, consequently, thelimited ability of couples to find satisfaction in the search fora work–family balance.
PB WILEY
SN 1468-2435
YR 2022
FD 2022-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28290
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28290
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026