, there are strong links between female employment, having children and union formation. By undertaking a detailed micro … in fertility levels. Changes in union formation and fertility levels, on the other hand, do have a significant impact on …

The main purpose of this paper is to show how the labour market affects Spanish individual fertility decisions. Spain … is an interesting case due to its huge fertility decline. Our hypothesis is that precarious Spanish labour markets (i … hours) postpone first and second birth in any cohort, even accounting for any potential endogeneity between fertility and …

communicate on the timing of their work.The main findings are that couples with children create less overlap in their work times … and this effectis more pronounced the younger the children. We find evidence for a togetherness preference of spouses …

of children in the household is the main cause why some partners synchronize their work times less than other partners …

If participation in the labor market helps to secure women’s outside options in the case of divorce/separation, an … prediction has been tested in the literature using time and/or spatial variation in divorce legislation (e.g., across US states ….e., the legalization of divorce. In Ireland, the right to divorce was introduced in 1996, followed by an acceleration of …

marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff. However, there is little evidence of adaptation to unemployment. Men …

This paper examines the extent to which mothers that care for children where the father is non-resident have an award … or agreement for child support in place. Data from the Families and Children Study are used to explore not only whether … disadvantaged. Moreover, awards were less commonplace where there were fewer children, where mothers claimed Income Support, were …