Education as care labor: expanding our lens on the work-life balance problem
Scholars have documented the challenges of combining wage work and care responsibilities in various societal contexts. National variations reveal that public policy and care infrastructure have major effects in shaping gendered patterns, class inequalities, as well as overall wellbeing of parents. C...
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| description | Scholars have documented the challenges of combining wage work and care responsibilities in various societal contexts. National variations reveal that public policy and care infrastructure have major effects in shaping gendered patterns, class inequalities, as well as overall wellbeing of parents. Childcare centers and schools can enable people with children to pursue jobs and careers. Yet, as I show in this article, education systems’ demands can become a major component of parental care labor. Drawing on interviews with 92 parents in Singapore, I illustrate the ways in which education care labor impedes work-life reconciliation as well as deepens the significance of gender and class. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1617572023-03-05T15:33:30Z Education as care labor: expanding our lens on the work-life balance problem Teo, Youyenn School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Sociology Care Labor Singapore Scholars have documented the challenges of combining wage work and care responsibilities in various societal contexts. National variations reveal that public policy and care infrastructure have major effects in shaping gendered patterns, class inequalities, as well as overall wellbeing of parents. Childcare centers and schools can enable people with children to pursue jobs and careers. Yet, as I show in this article, education systems’ demands can become a major component of parental care labor. Drawing on interviews with 92 parents in Singapore, I illustrate the ways in which education care labor impedes work-life reconciliation as well as deepens the significance of gender and class. Ministry of Education (MOE) Submitted/Accepted version This research was supported by a grant from the Singapore Ministry of Education (grant no. RG72/16). 2022-09-19T05:28:43Z 2022-09-19T05:28:43Z 2022 Journal Article Teo, Y. (2022). Education as care labor: expanding our lens on the work-life balance problem. Current Sociology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00113921211072577 0011-3921 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161757 10.1177/00113921211072577 2-s2.0-85124321058 en RG72/16 Current Sociology © 2022 The Author(s). All rights reserved. This paper was published by SAGE in Current Sociology and is made available with permission of The Author(s). application/pdf |
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| title | Education as care labor: expanding our lens on the work-life balance problem |
| title_full | Education as care labor: expanding our lens on the work-life balance problem |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Education as care labor: expanding our lens on the work-life balance problem |
| title_short | Education as care labor: expanding our lens on the work-life balance problem |
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| topic | Social sciences::Sociology Care Labor Singapore |
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