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Author:   Ewa Fratczak ,  Ewa Fratczak
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.091kg
ISBN:  

9780230320888

ISBN 10:   0230320880
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   20 September 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Aspirations and Uncertainties: Childbearing Choices and Work-Life Realities in Europe; Livia Sz. Oláh and Susanne Fahlén 2. Work and Childbearing Intentions in a Capability Perspective: Young Adult Women in Sweden; Susanne Fahlén and Livia Sz. Oláh 3. Employment Instability and Childbearing Plans in a Child-Oriented Country: Evidence from France; Ariane Pailhé and Anne Solaz 4. Female Employment, Reconciliation Policies, and Childbearing Intentions in East and West Germany; Katharina Lutz, Mandy Boehnke, Johannes Huinink and Silke Tophoven 5. The Interplay of Fertility Intentions, Female Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Contemporary Poland: Can Gender Equity, Preference, and Social Capital Theories Provide a Better Insight?; Ewa Fratczak & Aneta Ptak-Chmielewska 6. Unattainable Desires? Childbearing Capabilities in Early 21st Century Hungary; Judit Takács 7. Concluding Thoughts on Childbearing, Women's Work and Work-Life Balance Policy Nexus in Europe in the Dawn of 21st Century; Livia Sz. Oláh and Susanne Fahlén

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Susanne Fahlén, Stockholm University, Sweden Ariane Pailhé, French National Demographic Institute, France Anne Solaz, French National Demographic Research Institute, France Katharina Lutz, University of Frankfurt, Germany Mandy Boehnke, University of Bremen, Germany Johannes Huinink, University of Bremen, Germany Silke Tophoven, Institute for Employment Research, UK Aneta Ptak-Chmielewska, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland Judit Takács, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

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