Can('t) have it all? Parents in the Swiss Parliament

被引:1
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作者
Frech, Elena [1 ]
Bailer, Stefanie [2 ]
Butikofer, Sarah [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Namur, EVOLVEP Project, Namur, Belgium
[2] Univ Basel, Bernoullistr 14-16, Basel, Switzerland
[3] Univ Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
Mothers; Parents Political Behavior; Political Careers; Switzerland; WOMEN; MOTHERHOOD; DAUGHTERS; NETWORKS; WORKING; FATHERS; POWER; LIFE; MPS;
D O I
10.1111/spsr.12627
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
Although a large share of parliamentarians are parents, we know little about how parenthood affects legislative activities and careers of parliamentarians. Children cost time and energy and thus may impact legislative behavior and the possibilities to excel in the legislature, e.g. by obtaining higher positions. Moreover, children may have a different impact on the parliamentary careers of mothers than fathers due to asymmetrical care responsibilities. We investigate whether parliamentarians have fewer children than their voters and show the impact of children on parliamentary careers and activities using a new dataset on Swiss national parliamentarians between 2011 and 2020. Our results reveal that there are many parents of minor children in parliament, even more mothers than fathers. In contrast to fathers, mothers are less likely to be successful when it comes to higher positions. Moreover, mothers have a lower average output in individual legislative activities than their male colleagues with or without children. Obwohl viele Mitglieder von Parlamenten auch Eltern sind, wissen wir wenig dar & uuml;ber, wie sich die Elternschaft auf ihre gesetzgeberische T & auml;tigkeit und Laufbahn auswirkt. Kinder kosten Zeit und Energie, was sich auf das gesetzgeberische Verhalten und die Chancen, h & ouml;here Positionen in der Legislative zu erlangen, auswirken kann. Aufgrund asymmetrischer Betreuungsaufgaben k & ouml;nnten sich Kinder unterschiedlich auf die Karrieren von M & uuml;ttern und V & auml;tern auswirken. Wir untersuchen, ob Parlamentarier und Parlamentarierinnen weniger Kinder haben als ihre W & auml;hler und W & auml;hlerinnen und analysieren, wie sich Kinder auf die parlamentarische Laufbahn und T & auml;tigkeit auswirken. Anhand eines neuen Datensatzes zu den Mitgliedern des Schweizer Nationalrats zwischen 2011 und 2020 zeigen unsere Ergebnisse, dass es viele Eltern minderj & auml;hriger Kinder im Schweizer Parlament gibt, sogar mehr M & uuml;tter als V & auml;ter. M & uuml;tter sind jedoch seltener in h & ouml;heren Positionen erfolgreich und erbringen im Durchschnitt weniger Leistungen in einzelnen Legislativt & auml;tigkeiten als ihre m & auml;nnlichen Kollegen, mit oder ohne Kinder. Bien que de nombreux membres de parlements soient & eacute;galement parents, on sait peu de choses sur l'impact de la parentalit & eacute; sur leur activit & eacute; l & eacute;gislative et leur carri & egrave;re. Les enfants demandent du temps et de l'& eacute;nergie, ce qui peut influencer le comportement l & eacute;gislatif et les chances d'acc & eacute;der & agrave; des postes plus & eacute;lev & eacute;s au sein de la l & eacute;gislature. En raison de la r & eacute;partition in & eacute;gale des t & acirc;ches de soins, l'impact des enfants pourrait diff & eacute;rer entre les m & egrave;res et les p & egrave;res. Nous examinons si les parlementaires ont moins d'enfants que leurs & eacute;lecteurs et analysons comment la parentalit & eacute; influence leur carri & egrave;re parlementaire. & Agrave; partir d'un nouveau jeu de donn & eacute;es concernant les membres du Conseil national suisse de 2011 & agrave; 2020, nos r & eacute;sultats montrent qu'il y a de nombreux parents d'enfants mineurs au parlement suisse, m & ecirc;me plus de m & egrave;res que de p & egrave;res. Cependant, les m & egrave;res r & eacute;ussissent moins souvent & agrave; acc & eacute;der & agrave; des postes & eacute;lev & eacute;s et accomplissent en moyenne moins d'activit & eacute;s l & eacute;gislatives que leurs coll & egrave;gues masculins, avec ou sans enfants. Sebbene molti membri dei parlamenti siano anche genitori, sappiamo poco su come la genitorialit & agrave; influisca sulla loro attivit & agrave; legislativa e sulla loro carriera. I figli richiedono tempo ed energia, il che pu & ograve; influire sul comportamento legislativo e sulle opportunit & agrave; di accedere a posizioni elevate nel parlamento. A causa della distribuzione asimmetrica delle responsabilit & agrave; di cura, l'impatto dei figli potrebbe essere diverso tra madri e padri. Esaminiamo se i/le parlamentari hanno meno figli rispetto agli/alle elettori/elettrici e analizziamo come la genitorialit & agrave; influenzi la loro carriera e l'attivit & agrave; parlamentare. Utilizzando un nuovo set di dati sui membri del Consiglio nazionale svizzero dal 2011 al 2020, i nostri risultati mostrano che ci sono molti genitori di figli minorenni nel parlamento svizzero, addirittura pi & ugrave; madri che padri. Tuttavia, le madri hanno meno successo nell'ottenere posizioni elevate e, in media, svolgono meno attivit & agrave; legislative rispetto ai loro colleghi uomini, con o senza figli.
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