El coste del género y de la maternidad en el empleo

• Odra Quesada ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Leioa, España

     
• Localización: Papeles de economía española, ISSN 0210-9107, Nº 188, 2026 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La huella del género: empleo, familia y decisiones (Diferentes caminos y mismas barreras)), págs. 201-224
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    Este artículo analiza cómo la convivencia en pareja, la maternidad y la paternidad se asocian con la situación laboral de mujeres y hombres en España. A partir de los microdatos de la Encuesta de población activa del segundo trimestre de 2025, se estudian tres dimensiones clave del empleo: participación, intensidad y estabilidad laboral. Los resultados muestran que las brechas de género son reducidas entre parejas sin hijos, pero se amplían notablemente con la maternidad. Tener hijos reduce la probabilidad de empleo de las mujeres y aumenta la parcialidad, mientras que apenas afecta a las de los hombres. Aunque estas desigualdades se han moderado en las últimas dos décadas, siguen siendo cuantitativamente relevantes.

  • English

    This paper examines how household circumstances and parenthood are associated with the labor market trajectories of women and men in Spain. Using microdata from the Spanish Labour Force Survey for the second quarter of 2025, it analyzes three key dimensions of employment: participation, intensity, and job stability.

    Gender gaps are limited among couples without children but widen markedly with motherhood. Having children is associated with lower employment probabilities and higher rates of part-time work among women, while men’s labor market outcomes are largely unchanged.

    Although these inequalities have narrowed over the past two decades, they remain quantitatively significant.

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