We theorize how social policy affects marital stability vis-à-vis macro and micro effects of wives' employment on divorce risk in 11 Western countries. Correlations among 1990s aggregate data on marriage, divorce, and wives' employment rates, along with attitudinal and social policy...

Klappentext: Gegenstand dieser Studie ist die Lebensgestaltung von Frauen verschiedener Generationen unter den sich verändernden gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen der DDR. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Verbindung von Familien- und Erwerbsarbeit und daraus resultierende Konsequenzen für...

Women's lives and opportunities in the economically advanced industrialized countries have changed dramatically during the last decades of the 20th century. One of the important implications of women's increased labor force participation and intensity, their improved occupational qualifications...