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Conceptualizing breadwinning work

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  • Tracey Warren

    (Newcastle University, tracey.warren@newcastle.ac.uk)

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One of the most widely used concepts in the sociology of women and men's work is that of the breadwinner. Given its centrality to and in so many core academic debates, it is surprising that so little attention has been paid to theorizing and operationalizing breadwinning. Breadwinning seems to lie uncontested, with an unproblematic taken-for-granted, common sense meaning in current sociology.The article reviews how breadwinning has been approached in sociology and how it has been operationalized in empirical studies. After identifying different dimensions of breadwinning, the article explores their reliability in a descriptive analysis of women and men's breadwinning work in Europe. It is concluded that the meaning of breadwinning should be debated as routinely as that of caring.

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  • Tracey Warren, 2007. "Conceptualizing breadwinning work," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 21(2), pages 317-336, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:21:y:2007:i:2:p:317-336
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    1. Brehmer, Wolfram & Klenner, Christina & Klammer, Ute, 2010. "Wenn Frauen das Geld verdienen - eine empirische Annäherung an das Phänomen der Familienernährerin," WSI Working Papers 170, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    2. Agnese Vitali & Bruno Arpino, 2016. "Who brings home the bacon? The influence of context on partners' contributions to the household income," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 35(41), pages 1213-1244.

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