Our future depends very much on how we respond to three great challenges of the new
century, all of which threaten to increase social inequality: first, how we adapt institutions to …

This paper contributes to cross-cultural literature on work–family relationships by testing not
only hypotheses about the impact of work and family demands and gender at individual …

Using couple data from a longitudinal study conducted in Italy, a country with persistently
low fertility levels, we examined the effect of partners' discrepant child‐timing intentions on …

This article provides an original comparison of the time cost of children for the parental
couple and for each parent in two European countries—France and Italy—that differ in terms …

Children occupy centre-stage in any new welfare equilibrium. Failure to support families
may produce either of two undesirable scenarios. We shall see a society without children if …

Explanations for very low fertility in 'strong family'countries emphasise the relatively high
costs of childrearing but pay little attention to the potentially offsetting influences of distinctive …

Most of the international studies on fertility are based on a female perspective. A major
difficulty in couple-level research is the need for high-quality data that includes information …

Desde una perspectiva tanto cuantitativa como cualitativa, los hijos ocupan el escenario
central en cualquier equilibrio de bienestar. Una fecundidad muy baja no se corresponde …

Do we pursue the right family policies? Do we invest sufficiently in our children? Most
parents would probably say no. European welfare states are generally slow to adapt to new …

For many decades, the Italian population has been characterized by increasing longevity,
persistent low fertility, and fertility postponement. Italy is a country of many contradictions, as …