Temporary employment and family formation: An income or insecurity effect?

DC Van Wijk, HAG de Valk… - European Sociological …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Recent studies show that temporary workers postpone family formation transitions, but it
remains unclear whether this effect is due to the lower income or the stronger perceptions of …

Employment uncertainty and fertility intentions: Stability or resilience?

A Gatta, F Mattioli, L Mencarini, D Vignoli - Population Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The role of employment uncertainty as a fertility driver has previously been studied with a
limited set of constructs, leading to inconclusive results. We address this oversight by …

Starting a new life in the South? Swiss, Dutch and Flemish ageing in Morocco: A lifecourse perspective

C Bolzman, T Fokkema, I Guissé, D Van Dalen - Ageing & Society, 2021 - cambridge.org
This article focuses on European migrants living in Morocco and now near retirement or
retired. Using a lifecourse approach we are interested in whether their timing of migration to …

Fertility postponement, economic uncertainty, and the increasing income prerequisites of parenthood

D van Wijk, FC Billari - Population and Development Review, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rich societies have witnessed a postponement of parenthood over the past two decades,
and young adults' economic conditions are often invoked to explain this trend. However …

Are men or women more unsettled by fixed-term contracts? Gender differences in affective job insecurity and the role of household context and labour market positions

N Morgenroth, B Schels… - European Sociological …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This study investigates differences in the causal effect of fixed-term contracts on affective job
insecurity by gender and household context in Germany. Research shows that workers in …

Effect of work–family conflict on three-child fertility intention of working women of reproductive age under the background of active reproductive support: The …

M Jiang, Z Wu, B He, A Tu, Y Wu - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The declining fertility rate has become an important social problem. The main purpose of this
study was to investigate the potential relationship between work–family conflict (WFC), life …

[HTML][HTML] Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children? Longitudinal evidence on births in the UK

N Powdthavee, AJ Oswald, B Lockwood - Ecological Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Do 'green'environmental concerns–such as about biodiversity, climate change, pollution–
deter citizens from having children? This paper reports the first longitudinal evidence …

Study on Marriage Pairings and Women's Fertility Intentions in China

W Tian, Y He, X Wang - Journal of Family Issues, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The effect of marriage pairings on fertility intentions is specific and has attracted increasing
scholarly attention in recent years. Using data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) …

Investigating Factors Affecting Childbearing, A Review Study

Z Khojeh, A Naghibi, M Khazaee-Pool… - … University of Medical …, 2024 - jmums.mazums.ac.ir
Background and purpose: Fertility is a key demographic factor influencing population
fluctuations. There is a global trend toward delaying childbearing, and Iran is also …

Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children?

B Lockwood, N Powdthavee, AJ Oswald - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract Are'green'environmental concerns--about climate change, biodiversity, pollution--
deterring today's citizens from having children? This paper, which we believe to be the first …