Thirty years ago, Bumpass & Westoff (1970: 95) asked," Do women limit their fertility in order
to have time to pursue their nonfamily-oriented interests, or women work if their fertility …

In a number of industrialized countries, on the assumption that fertility remains at or close to
present levels, populations will start to decline, in some cases quite rapidly in the near to …

During the last two decades, Sweden has experienced strong fluctuations both in its
economy and in its level of childbearing. A period of high employment and increasing fertility …

With the growing prevalence of the dual-earner family model in industrialized countries the
gendered nature of the relationship between employment and parenting has become a key …

THE INVERSE ASSOCIATION between fertility and female labor force participation has long
been recognized (eg, Blake, 1965; Myrdal, 1941; Sweet, 1973); interest in this topic has …

This article reviews research on the role social and family policies play for fertility in Sweden.
Swedish family policies are not directly aimed at encouraging childbirth. Their main goal has …

In June 1996, the EU directive on parental leave came into force. A major consideration in
the introduction of this directive was its advantages for the reconciliation of work and family …

In 1980, Sweden made a'speed premium'on childbearing statutory by letting parents retain
the parental leave benefits paid after the birth of one child until after the next birth if it arnved …

This paper investigates the impact of labour-market attachment on first births of foreign-born
women in Sweden. The study uses a longitudinal, register-based dataset consisting of the …

This paper analyzes the role of public policy for Sweden's combination of high female labour
force participation and high levels of fertility in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We present …