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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Job Instability and Family Planning: Insights from the Italian Puzzle
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| Autores: |
Sabatini, Fabio
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| Data: |
2010-08-04
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| Ano: |
2010
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| Palavras-chave: |
Fertility
Family Planning
Parenthood
Childbearing
Participation
Job Instability
Labour Precariousness
Social Capital
Italy
Labor and Human Capital
C25
J13
Z1
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| Resumo: |
This paper carries out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of couples’ childbearing decisions in Italy. Since having children is in most cases a “couple matter”, the analysis accounts for the characteristics of both the possible parents. Our results do not support established theoretical predictions according to which the increase in the opportunity cost of motherhood connected to higher female labour participation is responsible for the fall in fertility. On the contrary, the instability of the women’s work status (i.e. their being occasional, precarious, and low-paid workers) reveals to be a significant dissuasive deterrent discouraging the decision to have children. Couples with unemployed women are less likely to plan childbearing as well. Other relevant explanatory variables are current family size and the strength of family ties.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/92835
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| Relação: |
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)>Global Challenges Papers
GC
90.2010
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| Formato: |
26
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