TY - BOOK ID - 7913325 TI - Interdependencies Between Fertility and Women's Labour Supply PY - 2011 SN - 9400712839 9786613257703 9400712847 128325770X PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Fertility, Human -- Social aspects -- Europe. KW - Fertility, Human -- Social aspects -- Norway. KW - Fertility, Human -- Social aspects -- Switzerland. KW - Labor supply -- Europe. KW - Labor supply -- Norway. KW - Labor supply -- Switzerland. KW - LinkWomen -- Employment -- Europe. KW - Women -- Employment -- Norway. KW - Women -- Employment -- Switzerland. KW - Women KW - Fertility, Human KW - Business & Economics KW - Labor & Workers' Economics KW - Demography KW - Employment KW - Economic aspects KW - Women employees KW - Labor supply KW - Female employees KW - Women workers KW - Working women KW - Workingwomen KW - Social sciences. KW - Social policy. KW - Labor economics. KW - Sociology. KW - Demography. KW - Sex (Psychology). KW - Gender expression. KW - Gender identity. KW - Social Sciences. KW - Labor Economics. KW - Gender Studies. KW - Social Policy. KW - Sex identity (Gender identity) KW - Sexual identity (Gender identity) KW - Identity (Psychology) KW - Sex (Psychology) KW - Queer theory KW - Expression, Gender KW - Sex role KW - Psychology, Sexual KW - Sex KW - Sexual behavior, Psychology of KW - Sexual psychology KW - Sensuality KW - Historical demography KW - Social sciences KW - Population KW - Vital statistics KW - Social theory KW - Economics KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economic policy KW - Family policy KW - Social history KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Psychological aspects KW - Employees KW - Developmental psychology. KW - Development (Psychology) KW - Developmental psychobiology KW - Psychology KW - Life cycle, Human UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7913325 AB - The book explores interlinkages between women’s employment and fertility at both a macro- and a micro-level in EU member states, Norway and Switzerland. Similarly as many other studies on the topic, it refers to the cross-country variation in the macro-context for explaining cross-country differences in women’s labour supply and fertility levels. However, in contrast to other studies, which mainly focus on Western Europe, it extends the discussion to Central and Eastern European countries. Furthermore, it looks at the macro-context from a multi-dimensional perspective, indicating its four dimensions as relevant for fertility and women’s employment choices: economic (living standards), institutional (family policies), structural (labour market structures), and cultural (social norms). A unique feature of the study is the development of indices that measure the intensity of institutional, structural, and cultural incompatibilities between women’s employment and fertility. These indices are used for ranking European countries from the perspective of the country-specific conditions for work and family reconciliation. A country where these conditions are the worst, but where women are additionally perceived as important income providers, is picked up for an in-depth empirical study of the interrelationship between fertility and women’s employment choices. Finally, against the review of theoretical concepts predominantly used for studying interdependencies between fertility and women’s labour supply the book assesses the micro-level empirical studies available on the topic and proposes an analytical approach for modelling the two variables. Thereby, it also contributes to methodological developments in the field. ER -