-low fertility levels in Italy. Starting from the assumption that childbearing decisions also depend on uncertainty about future … employment, income, and wealth, we empirically assess how fertility intentions are affected by: 1) the deprivation of a quality …

In this paper we compare Italy and Poland, two countries where the country-specific obstacles to work and family … both countries. On the other, our results show that women’s employment clearly inhibits childbearing in Italy, while in … institutionally or culturally driven tensions between work and family may differ in how women’s fertility and employment behaviours …

-low fertility levels in Italy. Starting from the assumption that childbearing decisions also depend on uncertainty about future … employment, income, and wealth, we empirically assess how fertility intentions are affected by: 1) the deprivation of a quality …

children in Italy, where a very low fertility rate may be observed. Design/methodology/approach – Since the number of children … authors use also partner's education to take into account the family dimension. Furthermore, in the context of fertility, zero … her fertility rate in the Italian case. In those frameworks, the education variable is usually considered as a control …

disruption affects a woman’s cumulated fertility. Given that in Italy marital instability is relatively recent and still barely …. With respect to the second point, we find that women who underwent a marital dissolution have lower fertility than those …€”of the fertility lost with the dissolution of the first marriage. …