TRADE-OFFS

TRADE-OFFS: WORK-FAMILY TRADE-OFFS IN CONTEXT: LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS, GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PARENTAL CAREER TRAJECTORIES AND FAMILY WELL-BEING

Ascolta

Funding programme: Horizon Europe - Cluster 2 - Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society

Project reference: 101286616

Principal investigator: Isabella Crespi

Role UniMC: Partner

Consortium: INSTITUTT FOR SAMFUNNSFORSKNING (NO - Coordinator), AARHUS UNIVERSITET (DK ARHUS01), INSTITUT FUER ARBEITSMARKT- UND BERUFSFORSCHUNG (IAB) DER BUNDESAGENTUR FUER ARBEIT (DE), Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES), UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID (E MADRID04), Central European University (CEU) GMBH (AT), WIRTSCHAFTSUNIVERSITAT WIEN (AT), BUDAPEST SZAKPOLITIKAI ELEMZO INTEZET KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG (HU), ELTE KOZGAZDASAG- ES REGIONALIS TUDOMÁNYI KUTATOKOZPONT (HU), Corvinus University (BCE) (HU).

Runtime: from 01.01.2027 to 31.12.2029

Short description: Europe faces significant societal challenges, including declining fertility rates, aging populations, and a shortage of skilled labor – all of which jeopardize economic resilience and sustainability. Addressing them requires unlocking the full potential of caregivers as active participants in the labor market, while simultaneously supporting family well-being and health. Based on a comprehensive empirical approach and using high-quality data, TRADE-OFFS will engage policy makers, social partners, NGOs and advocacy groups in dialogue about how to effectively and equitably reduce work–family trade-offs for parents, thereby contributing to gender equality and sustainable growth. TRADE-OFFS’ carefully selected consortium consisting of accomplished labor economists and sociologists from Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, and Hungary will provide ground-breaking knowledge about the dynamics linking work–family tradeoffs to gender inequalities in parental career trajectories and family well-being, analyzing them across three interrelated societal domains: (1) workplaces, industries, and occupations; (2) individual and family diversity; and (3) national institutional contexts and policies. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods, the project uses longitudinal administrative data linking employees and employers, cross-national survey data, survey experiments, in-depth interviews, and co-creation activities with stakeholders. TRADE-OFFS will provide stakeholders with a better understanding of gender disparities in parental career trajectories and their societal impacts, and will deliver evidence-based insights and actionable policy advice, including a co-created policy option toolbox for policymakers and employers. By fostering inclusive stakeholder engagement and promoting open science, TRADE-OFFS ensures that its findings are accessible, scalable, and impactful, contributing to longer-term economic resilience and equitable development across Europe.

Total cost: € 3.257.852,96

EU contribution: € 3.257.852,96

EU contribution to UniMC: € 227.500,00

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