The Differentiated Effect of Family Configurations on Subjective Social Mobility: A Male / Female Comparison
Based on the Formation et Qualification Professionnelle survey from 2014/2015, we study the effect of family configurations on subjective social mobility (the point of view of the individual on his/her trajectory), depending on two different family status (“never in a relationship” vs “married with children”). On the one hand, women “married with children”, who are responsible for the domestic life seem to integrate, in their point of view, this burden that keeps them from moving forward in their career. On the other hand, men would benefit more from their family accomplishments than women. In this overall picture, women executives who “have a family” are an exception.