Prior empirical studies have found that American workers report longer hours than workers in other highly industrialized countries, and that the highly educated report the longest hours relative to other educational levels. This paper analyzes disparities in working hours by gender and education...

Existing research shows that women's employment patterns are not so much driven by gender, as by gendered parenthood, with childless women and men (including fathers) employed at substantially higher levels than mothers in most countries. We focus on the cross-national variation in the gap in...

Das Ringen um den richtigen wirtschaftspolitischen Kurs in Deutschland wird seit einiger Zeit vor allem durch verteilungspolitische Diskussionen geprägt. Wenig Beachtung finden hingegen Überlegungen, dass ökonomischer Wohlstand erst einmal erwirtschaftet werden muss. Damit Letzteres gelingt,...

Comparative sociologists have long considered occupations to be a key source of inequality. However, data constraints make comparative research on two of the more important contemporary drivers of occupational stratification - globalization and technological change - relatively scarce. This...