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Is Fertility Influenced by Couple Instability?

Author(s)
Creighton, Mathew  
Esping-Andersen, Gøsta  
Rutigliano, Roberta  
van Damme, Maike  
Editor(s)
Esping-Andersen, Gøsta  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/10084
Date Issued
2014-01-01
Date Available
2019-04-23T12:34:21Z
Abstract
As we saw in Chapter 1, research on family behavioral change has been dominated by two theoretical frameworks, namely Gary Becker’s neoclassical economic approach and the 2nd Demographic Transition thesis. For very different reasons, both envisage that gender convergence in terms of employment and life-long careers will promote greater couple instability, weaker commitments to partnerships, and a drop in fertility.
The evidence has appeared to support these arguments quite well, but only up to a certain point. A number of countries have, over the past decades, experienced a radical u-turn in terms of marital stability and fertility. And most interestingly, these are the very same countries that boast the greatest degree of gender convergence in terms of earnings and employment. This turn-about suggests that we need to re-theorize longer run trends.
Type of Material
Book Chapter
Publisher
Obra Social Fundación "La Caixa"
Subjects

Fertility

Marital stability

Spain

Divorce rates

Web versions
https://obrasociallacaixa.org/documents/10280/240906/vol36_en.pdf/8e1bfa8a-7be7-4ed9-830f-ecc07f303981
Language
English
Status of Item
Not peer reviewed
Journal
Esping-Andersen G. (eds.). Fertility decline in Europe: The Case of Spain / El déficit de natalidad en Europa: La singularidad del caso Español
ISBN
978-84-9900-099-2
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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