Changes in Employment Uncertainty and the Fertility Intention–Realization Link: An Analysis Based on the Swiss Household Panel

Hanappi, Doris; Ryser, Valérie-Anne; Bernardi, Laura; Goff, Jean‐Marie Le

doi:10.1007/s10680-016-9408-y

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“…However, evidence at the individual level sends conflicting messages. This is true for both the relationship between economic uncertainty and fertility intentions (Vignoli, Rinesi, and Mussino 2013;Modena, Rondinelli, and Sabatini 2013;Fahlén and Oláh 2015;Hanappi et al 2017) and the relationship between economic uncertainty and fertility behaviour (Andersson 2000;Gutiérrez-Domènech 2008;Kreyenfeld and Andersson 2014;Matysiak and Vignoli 2013;Vignoli, Drefahl, and De Santis 2012). Our paper adds to the growing literature on the measurement of employment uncertainty and its relations to childbearing.…”

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Persistent joblessness and fertility intentions

Busetta¹,

Mendola²,

Vignoli

2019

DemRes

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BACKGROUND The vast majority of demographic studies have approached and operationalised the notion of economic uncertainty using snapshot indicators. Hence, the complexity and diversity of individuals' employment careers were largely hidden. We posit that the persistence of joblessness-that is, repeated and close spells of joblessness-represents a crucial marker of economic uncertainty in the realm of fertility (intention) research. OBJECTIVE We aim to explore the association between persistent joblessness of both members of the couple and women's fertility intentions among those who entered employment at least once in the last five years. METHODS We develop an index of persistent joblessness that simultaneously considers individual and contextual labour market conditions. It accounts for the severity of the experience of joblessness, the chances that an individual will escape joblessness, the alleviating effects of the years spent in continuous employment, and the recentness of any joblessness experience. This index is operationalized for Italy by consulting the 2009 Family and Social Subjects Survey. We verify the association between the index and women's fertility intentions among Italian couples, net of a series of confounders. RESULTS Our findings show that the higher the level of persistent joblessness, the lower a woman's fertility intentions. Within couples, we found a gendered association between joblessness and fertility intentions: His joblessness, more than hers, seems to play the decisive role in inhibiting a woman's fertility intentions.

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confidence: 59%

Persistent joblessness and fertility intentions

Busetta¹,

Mendola²,

Vignoli

2019

DemRes

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“…Age is one of the main factors that affect fertility. Undoubtedly, the age of the woman has an essential role in fertility intention (26,27,28,29).…”

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“…Household income plays a key role in childbearing intentions (28). In Germany, men with higher incomes are more likely to have a rst child (46).…”

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“…His compatriot Kuhnt (2016) showed that job insecurity could affect childbearing intention negatively. In Switzerland, job instability in low and medium educated people is less responsive compared with highly educated ones (28). Fiori (2013) revealed that job insecurity is more associated with short-term intentions, and the number of children intended by couples is less affected by it.…”

Section: Employment and Financial Situationmentioning

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Fertility Intentions and Effective Factors at a Glance: A Systematic Review

Hashemzadeh

Shariati

2020

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Background: Persistence of low fertility in many countries has been a research concern during the last two decades. Childbearing decision-making is a complex process, involving many social, economic, political, and personal factors. We aim to provide comprehensive information about the core determinants of fertility intentions Methods: Ovid, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science, SCOPUS, and GOOGLE SCHOLAR was searched for the relevant articles published from 1946 to December 2017. The current systematic review included the original and quantitative longitudinal and cross-sectional studies in English, The subjects of the studies were men and/or women in reproductive age (men aged 18-55 and women aged 18-45). Family planning methods were available in the reference country. Studies with less than 200 participants were excluded. Results: 45 Studies included in the qualitative synthesis.310727 participants included in the analysis. All effective factors in childbearing decision- making were classified into three main categories: Individual factors, Couple Puzzle, and Contextual factors. Factors such as age, religion, education, employment, and economic conditions were classified as individual factors. We also had a special focus on couples. As fertility is a dyadic process, for more emphasis we explained the couple relationship in case of the couple puzzle. Partnership Status, Gender Role Attitudes, Couple Desire, and Partnership Quality are the main aspects of couples puzzle Social network support (interaction within networks of family and friends) and family support environment are associated with childbearing intentions among couples. Conclusion: Further collaborative efforts by researchers and funding agencies will enable us to reveal fundamental mechanisms that affect and control fertility choices at different levels. As there are limited instances of interdisciplinary studies, studying fertility would highly benefit by crossing disciplinary and geographic boundaries. Although native scholars conduct fertility investigations in each country, the majority of research on fertility does not often communicate with one another.

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“…More studies have highlighted that precarious work has negative consequences for health effects (Sverke et al 2002;Witte 1999), as does employment insecurity, uncertainty, and the lack of career stability (Wallace et al, 2007;Zeytinoglu and Cooke 2008). Job uncertainty is related to the impossibility of making long-term plans, postpones life transitions (toward independent life, family or relationship starting) (Coontz 2005;Dewilde and Lancee 2013;Dewilde 2003;Umney and Kretsos 2015) and delays fertility plans (Hanappi et al 2012(Hanappi et al , 2014.…”

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Household Role in Coping with Precarious Work. Evidence from Qualitative Research in Urban Romania and Switzerland

Preoteasa

Sieber

Budowski

et al. 2016

Social Change Review

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This paper presents the results of a qualitative comparative study that looked at the meaning of ‘precarious work’ in households situated in the position of ‘precarious prosperity’ in Switzerland and Romania in 2013. The aim of this research is to explore the experiences of individuals with precarious work and to embed them into their household and national structural contexts. Employment patterns in the two countries are similar in terms of uncertainty and instability, yet vary in many other aspects. While in Romania insecurity is due mainly to the very low incomes, in Switzerland it stems from nonstandard contracts. The research shows that for households of precarious prosperity, precarious work is both a strategy to cope with uncertainty and instability and a circumstance leading to precariousness. The analysis explores qualitatively the meaning that individuals living in households of precarious prosperity attribute to their employment situation as contextualized by the interplay between household and individual situation.

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Changes in Employment Uncertainty and the Fertility Intention–Realization Link: An Analysis Based on the Swiss Household Panel

Cited by 62 publications

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Persistent joblessness and fertility intentions

Persistent joblessness and fertility intentions

Fertility Intentions and Effective Factors at a Glance: A Systematic Review

Household Role in Coping with Precarious Work. Evidence from Qualitative Research in Urban Romania and Switzerland

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