Squeezing Birth Into Working Life

Author : Cécile Wetzels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351792035

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Squeezing Birth into Working Life by Cécile Wetzels Pdf

This title was first published in 2001. Increasingly, young women throughout Europe educate themselves for a life-long labour market career. So, where does birth fit into a young woman's curriculum vitae? This book takes a welfare state comparative perspective on this issue, analyzing relevant macro policies from four countries whose political views on the combination of work and family differ, namely Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden. The effects of these macro policies on the micro economic labour market and fertility behaviour are also examined using household panel data from each country. For this purpose, all available information from the four countries has been organized into fertility and work histories on a month-to-month basis around the date of giving birth. Within the welfare state comparative framework, hypotheses on women's labour market transitions in connection with childbirth, women's share in joint family earnings around the birth of the first and the second child, the timing of having a first and subsequent child are derived from economic theory on human capital and labour supply.

Author : Catherine Hakim
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191583308

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Work-Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century by Catherine Hakim Pdf

In this book, Hakim presents a new, multi-disciplinary theory for explaining and predicting current and future patterns of women's choice between employment and family work. Preference theory is the first theory developed specifically to explain women's behaviour and choices. As such, it constitutes a major break from male-centred theorizing to date in sociology and economics. Preference theory is grounded on the substantial body of new research on women's work and fertility that has flourished within feminist scholarship. It identifies five major historical changes that collectively are producing a qualitatively new scenario for women in prosperous societies in the 21st century. Throughout the analysis, the USA and Britain illustrate what the new scenario means for women, how it alters their preferences and work-lifestyles choices. Hakim also reviews research evidence on contemporary developments across Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, and the far East to develop a new theory that is genuine international in perspective.

Author : Anton Purcell
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1590330366

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Family Disintegration by Anton Purcell Pdf

The contemporary family is being distracted, disturbed and distraught by societal pressures from every direction. The nuclear family concept, believed crucial to child rearing, is becoming passé according to census data. Or has the wave of disruption to families crested? It is hoped that this bibliography will serve as a useful tool to researchers seeking further information on families and the pressures being exerted upon them in the 21st century.

Author : S. Earle,G. Letherby
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230522930

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Gender, Identity & Reproduction by S. Earle,G. Letherby Pdf

Gender, Identity and Reproduction draws on a variety of perspectives relevant to an understanding of reproduction across the life-course. Through a consideration of the representation of reproductive identities and experiences, the book highlights difference and diversity in relation to contemporary reproductive choices. The book focuses on women's and men's experiences of agency, control and negotiation within the context of cultural, medical, political, theoretical and lay ideologies of the reproductive process in contemporary Western societies.

Author : Bram Peper,J. van Doorne-Huiskes,Laura den Dulk
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 178195870X

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Flexible Working and Organisational Change by Bram Peper,J. van Doorne-Huiskes,Laura den Dulk Pdf

"The central aim of this book is to consider to what extent changes in organisations and in the nature of jobs are compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The book questions what sort of dilemmas modern and future employees face, in terms of shaping their careers and organising their lives at home. The authors formulate answers to these problematic questions by shedding light on relevant developments in the European labour markets, the European workplaces, in (flexible) working patterns, changing preferences for working hours and in gender relations at work.".

Author : Siv Gustafsson,Adriaan Kalwij
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402047169

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Education and Postponement of Maternity by Siv Gustafsson,Adriaan Kalwij Pdf

This book examines economic aspects of the role of women’s education in the postponement of maternity in ten industrialized countries or regions: Sweden, Norway, Italy, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Western Germany, the Czech Republic and Eastern Germany, and the United States. Each is investigated using survey data relating age at motherhood with the investment in education of the mother. The result is a detailed picture of the economics of fertility decisions.

Author : Silvana Sciarra,Paul Davies,Mark Freedland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139452441

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Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-time Work in the European Union by Silvana Sciarra,Paul Davies,Mark Freedland Pdf

This book originates from the research project 'New discourses in labour law' held at the European University Institute. A detailed analysis of part-time work regulation is presented for seven European countries, in order to ascertain how internal domestic choices of the legislatures have merged into the 'Open method of co-ordination'. The impact of European employment policies is considered in parallel with the implementation of the Directive on part-time work, thus providing a complete overview of both soft and hard law mechanisms available to national policy-makers. In this 2004 work, the interaction between law and policy emerges as a dynamic and constantly changing process of exchange between national and supranational actors, through the use of concrete examples of lawmaking. Labour law is put forward as being central in the current evolution of European law, and this centrality is presented as a confirmation of innovation and continuity in regulatory techniques.

Author : Elisabetta Ruspini,Angela Dale
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1861343329

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The Gender Dimension of Social Change by Elisabetta Ruspini,Angela Dale Pdf

This new study uses longitudinal data to provide new insights into the changing dynamics of lives of women today. In particular, it explores the potential of longitudinal or life course analysis as a powerful tool for appreciating the gender dimension of social life.

Author : Janet Zollinger Giele,Leslie Stebbins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781576079386

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Women and Equality in the Workplace by Janet Zollinger Giele,Leslie Stebbins Pdf

An expert guide to women's quest for fairness in the workplace, marking the great legal and social advances as well as continuing inequalities. Women and Equality in the Workplace: A Reference Handbook is an expert overview of the issues of gender equity in the workplace as they have evolved from World War II to the present. Focusing primarily on the United States, while drawing broad contrasts with nations around the world, the book describes the practical impact of laws and social policies developed to combat the many forms of sex discrimination, as well as the legal remedies of equal pay law, affirmative action, and comparable worth. Women and Equality in the Workplace also reviews current sociological and economic theories as to why, despite the notable progress, men continue to have better pay and benefits, higher status, and more opportunities, while working women are still all too often harassed, stigmatized, and overlooked.

Author : Arnlaug Leira,Chiara Saraceno
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849505338

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Childhood by Arnlaug Leira,Chiara Saraceno Pdf

Drawing both on micro and macro, national and comparative studies, this volume traces some of the trends and analyzes in comparative perspective how they affect images and practices of childhood and transforms responsibilities for children.

Author : Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0415284031

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International Bibliography of Sociology by Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science Pdf

IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge on the social sciences.

Author : Seble Worku-Yergou Belay
Publisher : Rozenberg Publishers
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789051707908

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Marriage markets and vertiltiy in South Africa with comparisons to Britain and Sweden by Seble Worku-Yergou Belay Pdf

Author : Klaus F. Zimmermann,Michael Vogler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783642555732

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Family, Household And Work by Klaus F. Zimmermann,Michael Vogler Pdf

During the last decades the appearance of a family has changed substantially. Not long ago a typical family consisted of an employed man and a home-managing woman living together for their whole life times, and having one or more children, which primarily were raised by the wife. Today differing living models are much more common than before. House husbands, late motherhood, and a delayed work entry of the children are some of the related phenomena, which at the same time are reasons for and consequences of the changed view on the favorite family. Not surprisingly, this change has provoked much scientific interest. In this book we present a collection of recent economic research work on the resources management and development of families and households respectively. Assorting three general topics, we focus on the time allocation within the household, the family structure and development, and the transition to work of young adults.

Author : Klaus F. Zimmermann,Amelie Constant
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783540247531

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How Labor Migrants Fare by Klaus F. Zimmermann,Amelie Constant Pdf

In the globalized economy, labor migration has become of central importance. A key issue in the analysis of immigration is how the migrants fare in the economy in which they migrate, and how they assimilate towards the behavior of the natives. Using data from the United States, Canada, many European countries, Australia and New Zealand, the chapters study the developments of earnings, employment, unemployment, self-employment, occupational choices and educational attainment after migration. The book also investigates the role of language in labor market integration and examines the situation of illegal, legalized and unwilling migrants. Policy effects are also studied: Among those are the effects of selection criteria of labor market success and the effects immigrants have on the public sector budget of the receiving country. Hence, the book provides a broad picture of the performance of migrants.

Author : Siv Gustafsson
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Families
ISBN : 9789056295110

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Why Is the Netherlands the Best Country? by Siv Gustafsson Pdf

Annotation. Population economics is about your own life. Issues such as: optimal age at motherhood, career planning, birth timing, marriage and divorce are questions that every individual has to decide on. All these private decisions are both influenced by the economic situation and have economic consequences. Therefore economics of the family contributes both on the micro level for individuals making decisions and on the macro level for governments worrying for example about aging of the population. Because institutional arrangements differ between countries inter-county comparisons can explain behaviour. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789056295110.