In Western societies, most married working employees are now part of a dual-earner couple, meaning both people are engaged in the paid workforce to some extent. Such arrangements introduce benefits as well as challenges in managing two unique work roles and the shared family domain. In this review, we first summarize research about how dual-earner couples manage work and family, including the division of labor, decision-making processes, and specific behavioral strategies. Next, we discuss research on dual-earner couples’ well-being and quality of life, making explicit comparisons to single-earner couples where possible. We close our review with a discussion of research on the macroenvironment, including how cultural norms and state policies relate to dual-earner couples’ functioning. Lastly, we offer numerous recommendations for future researchers to explore the contexts and conditions that facilitate the blending of dual-earner couples’ work and family roles.

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 双职工夫妇


在西方社会，大多数已婚员工现在都是双职工夫妇，这意味着两人都在某种程度上从事有偿劳动力。这种安排在管理两种独特的工作角色和共享的家庭领域方面带来了好处，也带来了挑战。在这篇综述中，我们首先总结了关于双职工夫妇如何管理工作和家庭的研究，包括分工、决策过程和具体的行为策略。接下来，我们讨论有关双职工夫妇的福祉和生活质量的研究，并尽可能与单职工夫妇进行明确的比较。我们通过对宏观环境研究的讨论来结束我们的评论，包括文化规范和国家政策如何与双职工夫妇的功能相关。最后，我们为未来的研究人员提供了许多建议，以探索促进双职工夫妇工作和家庭角色融合的背景和条件。