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Brega, Carla
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Yerkes, Mara
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Grau-Grau, Marc
2026-03-21T06:00:30Z
2026-03-21T06:00:30Z
2026-01-13
Brega, Carla; Yerkes, Mara A. y Grau-Grau, Marc. Fathers Combining Work and Care: Flexible Work Arrangements and Paternal Involvement Across Financial Situations. Work, Employment and Society, 2026. Disponible en <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09500170251386322>. Fecha de acceso: 20 mar. 2026. DOI: 10.1177/0950017025138632
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/5255
https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170251386322
Flexible work arrangements significantly impact childcare divisions among dual-earner parents, yet few studies address their impact on fathers as primary caregivers. This article explores the relationship between fathers’ ability to work flexibly and their share of childcare responsibility across financial situations. A capabilities perspective is applied to better understand why fathers’ childcare aspirations may not align with what they are capable of in practice. Using 2021 survey data on fathers (n = 493) and mothers (n = 472) of young children in different-sex partnerships from four European countries, multinomial logistic regressions are estimated to predict childcare responsibility. Findings suggest fathers’ spatial flexibility (working from home) increases their likelihood of being the person primarily responsible for childcare, whereas temporal flexibility (varying the start/end times of the working day) does not. Economic conditions influence these dynamics, with financially strained fathers benefiting most from spatial flexibility.
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Capability approach
Childcare responsibility
Fathers
Financial constraints
Flexible work arrangements
Multinomial logistic regression
Enfoque de las capacidades
Responsabilidad en el cuidado de los hijos
Padres
Restricciones económicas
Modalidades de trabajo flexibles
Regresión logística multinomial
Aproximació per capacitats
Responsabilitat en la cura dels infants
Pares
Limitacions econòmiques
Condicions laborals flexibles
Regressió logística multinomial
Fathers Combining Work and Care: Flexible Work Arrangements and Paternal Involvement Across Financial Situations
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