Ambition
The ambition of the TRADE-OFFS project is to help policymakers and public agencies, social partners, public employers and other relevant stakeholders such as advocacy groups and NGOs support the career trajectories of parents, in ways that are equitable and sustainable for individuals, families, employers, and societies.
Aim
The primary objective of TRADE-OFFS is to analyze and explain the dynamics that link work–family trade-offs to gender inequalities in parental career trajectories and family well-being. Across three interrelated societal domains:
- workplaces, industries, and occupations,
- individual and family diversity, and
- national institutional contexts and policies.
Approach
We will use a range of data sources: Longitudinal administrative data linking employers and employees (LEED), Cross-national European survey data, Survey experiments, In-depth interviews with parents, Interviews and co-creation events with key stakeholder organizations.
Collaboration between sociologists and labor economists with expertise in qualitative and quantitative methodologies
Our Partners
Partner Countries: Norway, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and Hungary.
Project Partners: Aarhus Universitet (AU, Denmark), Institut fuer Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesagentur fuer Arbeit (Germany), Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (IAE-CSIC, Spain), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM, Spain), Universita Degli Studi di Macerata (UNIMC, Italy), Central European University Gmbh (CEU, Austria), Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (WU, Austria), Budapest Szakpolitikai Elemzo Intezet Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (BI, Hungary), Elte Kozgazdasag- Es Regionalis Tudományi Kutatokozpont (KRTK, Hungary).
Associated Partner: Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem (CUB, Hungary)
