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The Japanese family system: change, continuity, and regionality over the twentieth century

Kato, Akihiko - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013

In Japan, many scholars and policymakers as well as ordinary people, have accepted the family nuclearization theory—that is, that the Japanese family system has changed from a traditional stem family into the modern nuclear or conjugal family in the latter half of the twentieth century....

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Family, money, and health: regional differences in the determinants of life cycle life satisfaction

Margolis, Rachel; Myrskylä, Mikko - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

We examine how family, money, and health explain variation in life satisfaction (“happiness”) over the life cycle …. Globally, these factors explain a substantial fraction of happiness, increasing from 12 percent in young adulthood to 15 … in the wealthier, and income in the poorer regions of the world. Family explains a substantial fraction of happiness only …

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How policy matters: Germany’s parental leave benefit reform and fathers’ behavior 1999-2009

Geisler, Esther; Kreyenfeld, Michaela - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012

In 2007, Germany enacted a radical new parental leave benefit scheme that grants parents 67 percent of their previous income, and includes two “daddy months.” In this paper, we use data from the German Microcensus for the period 1999 to 2009 to explore how this reform has changed fathers’...

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Shifting economic foundation of marriage in Japan: the erosion of traditional marriage

Fukuda, Setsuya - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009

Japan is one of few developed countries in which marriage and higher earning potential among women are negatively associated. As the proportion of births occurring outside of marriage remains low in Japan, fertility is still significantly influenced by marriage trends, which are in turn...

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Leaving the parental home in post-war Japan: social, economic and demographic determinants

Fukuda, Setsuya - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between home-leaving intensities of young adults and the rapid social, economic, and demographic changes that took place in post-World War II Japan. By using event-history modeling, the study shows that the declines in sibling numbers and in rural residence...

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Fertility and family configurations in Sardinia

Bernardi, Laura; Oppo, Anna - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

In this paper we argue that the strength of intergenerational relationships in Italy is one important element in understanding low fertility in this country, but that the role that family plays in a couple’s fertility decisions needs to be understood in light of the wider context of normative...

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Consequences of family policies on childbearing behavior: effects or artifacts?

Neyer, Gerda R.; Andersson, Gunnar - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2007

This paper argues that theoretical and methodological aspects account for the ambiguous results of investigations into the effects of family policies on fertility. Theoretically we employ approaches of comparative welfare-state research, of the sociology of “constructed categories”, and of...

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Blurred memory, deliberate misreporting, or “true tales”? How different survey methods affect respondents’ reports of partnership status at first birth

Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Bastin, Sonja - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013

This paper examines the reliability of biographical information gathered retrospectively. It draws on data from the German Family Panel (pairfam), which collected information on the partnership status at first birth using two different methods. The first method is based on data on partnership...

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Economic conditions of stepfamilies from a cross-national perspective

Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Martin, Valerie - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2011

This paper investigates the economic conditions of stepfamilies in Germany, the Russian Federation and France using data from the first wave of the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS). The analysis shows that stepfamilies more often report economic hardship than nuclear families in France and...

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Stem families, joint families, and the European pattern: how much of a reconsideration do we need?

Gruber, Siegfried; Szoltysek, Mikolaj - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2011

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