The aim of this article is to estimate the impact of various factors related to role conflict theory and preference theory on the reduction of women's labour force participation after their transition to parenthood. Objective and subjective dimensions of women's labour force participation are...

This e-book is dedicated to new findings on the (re)production of (in-)equality in the life courses of men and women in contemporary Western societies in the case of Switzerland. It refers to the Na-tional Research Program 60 on 'Gender Equality' (2010-2014) launched by the Swiss National...