1st Edition
Squeezing Birth into Working Life Household Panel Data Analyses Comparing Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and The Netherlands
By Cécile Wetzels
Copyright 2001
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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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,... Read more
1. Introduction. 2. Breadwinner Ideology against Individual and Equal Role Sharing Ideology. 3. Creating Comparative Fertility and Work Files from Household Panel Data Sets. 4. Women's Labour Force Transitions in Connection with Childbirth. 5. Women's Share in Earnings Before and After the Birth of Children. 6. Paid Careers and the Timing and Spacing of Births in Germany, Great Britain and Sweden. 7. Optimal Age at Maternity in the Netherlands. 8. Summary.
Biography
Cecile Wetzels
