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Baxter, Janeen H. |
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University of Queensland |
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Social and Political Sciences |
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Janeen Baxter is a sociologist with research expertise in gender inequality, family dynamics, life course and longitudinal research. Her research examines why gender unequal divisions of labor at home are pervasive and persistent and key life course transitions that further entrench or reduce gender inequality. Her work has shown that women undertake almost 70% of domestic work with little evidence of cross-national variation. She has shown that entry to marriage and parenthood significantly increases women’s time on housework while divorce reduces it. Related work has shown that parenthood leads to more traditional gender attitudes for both men and women, beliefs that are then passed on to children and that early entry to parenthood is less consequential for education and employment pathways for disadvantaged women compared to more advantaged women. Other work has examined the glass ceiling and women’s access to authority at work, gender and social class intersections, and the consequences of divorce for wealth. Underlying the research program is a belief that gender inequality limits women’s and men’s potential and undercuts social and economic cohesion. |
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