. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more working-age adults are likely to grow faster than cities with more children … ratios, that is, with more children and/or seniors per working-age adult, grow significantly slower. Such effects are … particularly pronounced for cities with high shares of children. This result appears to be driven mainly by the direct, negative …

) children, but do not see how they could match that commitment with their employment situation. Other parents are happy with the … number of children in their family, but would like to work more. Yet other parents who are happy with their family situation …, may wish to work at different hours, or reduce hours worked to spend more time with their children. This book synthesises …

nurturing for one’s own children. This first OECD review of the reconciliation of work and family life looks at the challenges … parents of young children confront when trying to square their work and care commitments, and the implications for social and …