Jordi M. Monferrer Tomás

Esta investigación analiza los planes de cuidado del primer hijo en
parejas, indagando en cómo infl uyen los ideales de maternidad/
paternidad, las actitudes de género y las limitaciones institucionales en
el proyecto de cuidado del bebé. El estudio se basa en una muestra de
68 parejas de doble ingreso que esperaban su primer hijo en el año
2011. El análisis revela que gran parte de las parejas aspira a que
ambos cónyuges continúen trabajando después del parto. Sin embargo,
en el caso de prever difi cultades de conciliación, siguen siendo las
mujeres quienes manifi estan una mayor predisposición a adaptar su
vida laboral a las necesidades del menor, desarrollando en gran medida
“preferencias adaptativas”.
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This study analyses childcare plans among fi rst-time parents, examining
how gender attitudes, parenthood ideals and institutional limitations
infl uence childcare plans. It is based on a sample of 68 dual-earner
couples who were expecting their fi rst child in 2011. The analysis reveals
that most couples aim to maintain a dual-earner model after the transition
to parenthood. However, when diffi culties balancing work and family are
anticipated, women continue to reveal a greater predisposition to develop
“adaptive preferences” to meet childcare needs.

La comunicación digital ha supuesto para los jóvenes el modo ideal de contar y compartir, en tiempo real, la información, experiencias, sentimientos, percepciones, la vida misma.
Este libro recoge una descripción detallada y de carácter científico de la participación de los millennials españoles en el mundo digital: sus intereses, motivaciones, demandas, sus formas de actuar.

It is common for European couples living fairly egalitarian lives to adopt a traditional division of labour at the transition to parenthood. Based on in-depth interviews with 334 parents-to-be in eight European countries, this book explores the implications of family policies and gender culture from the perspective of couples who are expecting their first child. Couples’ Transitions to Parenthood: Analysing Gender and Work in Europe is the first comparative, qualitative study that explicitly locates couples’ parenting ideals and plans in the wider context of national institutions.

Based on three discussion groups conducted in Barcelona, Madrid and Seville in 2016 and on recent
statistical data, this paper explores the barriers and possibilities that involved fathers encounter at
their workplaces when they enter parenthood. Involved fathers are defined as those who adapt their
working time, work schedule or workplace to parenting, or those who have a job that allows for
work-life balance. In addition, they form dual-earner couples with a full-time working partner and
spend at least two hours at weekdays caring for their children. Fathers from public sector
enterprises, medium to large private companies and small businesses participated in one discussion
group respectively.
This qualitative and quantitative analysis shows that working in tight shifts (mornings mainly), as
well as schedule flexibility, telework and paid paternity leaves are the measures mostly used by the
interviewed fathers, and by Spanish fathers in general. In addition, the use of schedule flexibility
and telework display very low gender gaps in contrast to opting for unpaid and transferable leaves
or the use of statutory entitlement to reduced workhours. Under certain circumstances supervisors
and coworkers attitudes are described as hostile to the adoption of support measures. Some clear
policy recommendations arise from this study, should the aim be to foster work-life balance for
fathers and mothers but without having unintended consequences on gender inequality