This contribution adopts an economic perspective to summarize what we learned in the last
decade about the work–family conflict (WFC) and, primarily, where we go from here. On the …

Whether, and under what circumstances, people become parents has implications for
individual identity, family relationships, the well‐being of adults and children, and population …

The link between employment and fertility is often only examined by focussing on women's
labour market status or the impact of part-versus full-time employment. This study introduces …

This study examined whether single parents experience greater reductions in work-to-family
conflict from using resources than partnered parents do. The question of whether single …

Fertility, or childbearing, expectations have been increasingly identified as an important area
of research, at least in part because expectations may help us to understand family issues of …

Gender theories of family change argue that as men take on increasing roles in the home,
fertility may recover from low levels because women experience reduced work-family conflict …

Abstract We used the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce to investigate the
effects of shift work on individuals. We investigated if shift workers would have poorer work …

This study identified factors influencing family business survival using National Family
Business Panel and Spatial Hazard Events and Losses data. Sustainable Family Business …

BACKGROUND Difficulties with work–family reconciliation contribute to explaining the low
participation of women in the labour market and low fertility levels in several developed …

This study explores how women consider embodied knowledge about their “biological
clocks” alongside personal and professional goals as they make decisions about whether …