Paid parental leave has gained greater salience in the past few decades with the growing participation of mothers in the workforce. Indeed, the average number of weeks of paid leave to mothers among OECD countries increased from 17 in 1980 to 48 weeks by 2011, but with very large cross-country...

This paper analyses the response of female labour force participation to changes in labour markets and policies supporting the reconciliation of work and family life, with country-level data from the early 1980s for 18 OECD countries. It includes an original analysis of interactions and...

Eleven per cent of adults living in France in 2011 live in two or more residences. The phenomenon isparticularly widespread among young adults - 26% of 18-19 year olds are concerned - who live in tworesidences for family and educational reasons. The second home is most frequently used on...

This paper assesses the extent to which the increase in women's human capital, as measured by educational attainment, has contributed to economic growth in OECD countries over the past five decades. Using longitudinal cross-country data covering 30 countries from 1960 to 2008 on education (the...

La taille des fratries est une variable que les études statistiques prennent classiquement en compte, parmi bien d'autres, pour décrire le déroulement des scolarités. Déjà la grande enquête de l'INED du début des années 1960 sur l'entrée en 6ème et la démocratisation de...

Despite the increasing prevalence of dual-earner couples, women still perform the bulk of domestic and parental tasks within the household. In this paper, we investigate the role of the parental model in the persistence of this gender inequality. We study the possible correlation between the...

En France, choisir de rester sans enfant est un choix minoritaire dont la fréquence de déclaration n'a pas augmenté depuis deux décennies. Statistiquement, déclarer ne pas vouloir d'enfant est plus fréquent pour les personnes qui ne sont pas en couple, pour les femmes diplômées et les...

Family policies are central to the well-being of individuals in Europe, but they differ substantially across countries. Drawing on the OECD Social Expenditure database (SOCX), Olivier Thévenon, Willem Adema and Nabil Ali describe the different policies in European countries to support families...

Les politiques familiales ont connu des évolutions importantes au cours des 15 dernières années dans une majorité de pays européens. Mais les disparités de structures des aides aux familles demeurent importantes, liées à des différences d'approche politique. Face à ces disparités, la...

The media debate in late 2012 and early 2013 on contraceptive pills did not reduce contraceptive prevalence,but the use of oral contraception decreased, falling from 50% in 2010 to 41% in 2013. A portion of women optedfor other methods, notably IUDs (among the most educated), condoms, or...