Squeezing Birth into Working Life

This title was first published in 2001. This book takes a welfare state comparative perspective on this issue, analyzing relevant macro policies from four countries whose political views on the combination of work and family differ, namely Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden.

Cecile Wetzels

1. Introduction.  2. Breadwinner Ideology against Individual and Equal Role Sharing Ideology.  3. Creating Comparative Fertility and Work Files from Household Panel Data Sets.  4. Women's Labour Force Transitions in Connection with Childbirth.  5. Women's Share in Earnings Before and After the Birth of Children.  6. Paid Careers and the Timing and Spacing of Births in Germany, Great Britain and Sweden.  7. Optimal Age at Maternity in the Netherlands.  8. Summary.