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A study found that job characteristics like flexibility and importance play a key role in how couples balance work and family responsibilities. Researchers studied dual-earner couples during the COVID-19 pandemic and discovered that women were more likely to adjust their work to support family needs, but not because of gender alone.
When schools closed and child care disappeared during the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of working parents faced a difficult question: Whose job would have to change? For dual-earner couples, the answer was not just about who earned more money or who traditionally handled more responsibilities at home. New research co-authored by Eden King from Rice University found that the characteristics of each partner's job played a key role in how couples navigated these decisions.
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A study found that job characteristics like flexibility and importance play a key role in how couples balance work and family responsibilities. Researchers studied dual-earner couples during the COVID-19 pandemic and discovered that women were more likely to adjust their work to support family needs, but not because of gender alone.
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