Abstract

This paper tests whether couples in which partners hold dissimilar gender role attitudes are less likely to have a first child together compared to couples in which both partners share similar attitudes. The study contributes to micro-level research on gender role attitudes and fertility, which has examined the content of one partner’s attitudes, but not the fit of both partners’ views. We analyse unique panel data from the German Family Panel (pairfam) collected between 2008 and 2017, which includes information on the attitudes of both partners in a couple. Results show that couples whose members have dissimilar gender role attitudes are substantially and significantly less likely to have a child together over time. This observation holds independently of both partners’ individual attitudes and holds against a number of robustness checks.

中文翻译：

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性别角色态度中的夫妻内（Dis）相似性和德国的父母身份转变

摘要

本文测试了伴侣对性别角色态度不相同的夫妇是否较第一个伴侣对伴侣所持态度相似的夫妇较难生育第一个孩子。该研究有助于对性别角色态度和生育力进行微观研究，该研究检查了一个伴侣的态度的内容，但没有研究两个伴侣的观点是否契合。我们分析了德国家庭小组（pairfam）在2008年至2017年之间收集的独特小组数据，其中包括有关双方伴侣在一对夫妇中的态度的信息。结果表明，夫妻成员对性别角色态度的态度不同，随着时间的推移，夫妻在一起的可能性大大降低。该观察结果独立于双方的个人态度，并反对许多健壮性检查。