ABSTRACT
Until recently, work–family scholarship focused almost entirely on mothers. Over the past decade, however, a growing body of scholarship has focused on men’s work–family experiences (e.g., Hodges & Budig, 2010; Hook & Chalasani, 2008; Shows & Gerstel, 2009; Thebaud, 2010). This body of work suggests that fatherhood is associated with an increase in men’s time spent in paid work (Glauber, 2008; Knoester & Eggebeen, 2006; Lundberg & Rose, 2002). Married couples become more traditional following the transition to parenthood, as mothers spend less time in paid work—and subsequently earn less (Budig & England, 2001; Budig & Hodges, 2010; Glauber, 2007)—and fathers spend more time in paid work. Further, gender ideology affects the division of labor. Compared to traditional fathers, egalitarian fathers spend less time in paid work (Kaufman & Uhlenberg, 2000), more time in housework (Coltrane & Ishii-Kuntz, 1992), and more time with their children (Bulanda, 2004). These changes to the division of labor tend to reproduce gender inequalities within the home and the workplace.
