Studied by 1 person
Higher level of education
________: more chances to want a career as opposed to having a job.
Independent
________ household= necessary pre- condition for having children.
Social norms
________: play a role in the sequencing of events.
Timing changes
major component of the low levels of period fertility in countries
Women have children older
decreases TFR
Institutions
set of norms or rules, formal or informal, which guide relationships among role occupants in areas of structured social interactions and organizations
Policies
formal norms or rules within institutions, and exist until formally changed
multi-country units + sub-national units
Appropriate macro units for studying institutions
Timing changes
strongly influence cohort size
caring
there is an increase in the time mothers spend _____ for their children - active care
low-fertility trap hypothesis
postponement of fertility produces small cohorts and children from these small cohorts may grow up knowing many adults who had only 1 child or no children
fewer
Timing and number issues are positively correlated: later means _____
Childrearing
generates incompatibility with other roles
Supervisory child care
mother has the responsibility of ensuring the appropriate supervision is in place
Social norms
play a role in the sequencing of events
Education
_____ occupies more young adult years of men and women
prior
Increase in educational enrollment led to women’s preferences for establishing themselves in the labour market ____ to becoming mothers
Spread of education
women postpone childbearing
Starting schooling at a younger age
earlier start of childbearing
return
Important factor: extent to which it is possible to ______ to school once one has left for a period of time
Openness
_____ of the educational system
earlier
More vocationally-specific education systems may lead to _____ childbearing
leaves, market
Important factors: maternity ______, policies, openness of the labour _______
Family leaves
delay entering parenthood
penalty
Mothers suffer a substantial ______ when they return to the labour market
Uncertainty to find a job after childrearing
makes women postpone childbearing
Higher level of education
more chances to want a career as opposed to having a job
Availability of part-time jobs
ease mothers re-entry into the labour market
children
Independent household is becoming a necessary pre-condition for having _______
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