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Childbearing, Women's Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Contemporary Europe

Childbearing, Women's Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Contemporary Europe

Fratczak, Ewa
Loparo, Kenneth A.

Hardcover

Series: Work and Welfare in Europe

General ParentingGeneral Political ScienceSocial Movements

ISBN10: 0230320880
ISBN13: 9780230320888
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Sep 20 2013
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This volume addresses the tensions between work and welfare with respect to fertility. Focusing on childbearing choices (intentions, desires) as influential predictors of future fertility, the contributors examine the importance of labour force attachment on young women's fertility plans in the context of increased labour market flexibility and differences in work-life balance policies across Europe in the early 21st century. Both high- and low-fertility societies of different welfare regimes are studied, illuminating processes of uncertainty and risk related to insecure labour force attachment and the incoherence effect in terms of women's and men's equal access to education and employment but unequal share of domestic responsibilities, constraining fertility. The synthesis of the findings shows how childbearing choices in relation to uncertainty, risk and incoherence offer a lens for understanding the capabilities of families to have and care for children in contemporary Europe. This volume contributes to the conceptual development of further research on the complex relationship between fertility, paid work and work-life balance policies.

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