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Voluntary childlessness in the United States: recent trends by cohort and period [PDF]
, 2006 Most large-scale studies on voluntary childlessness since the waning of the baby boom provide cross-sectional estimates for a single time period. They cannot be synthesized to estimate change because of the varied definitions used to operationalize ...
Chancey, Laurie
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Managing the work‐fertility interface is a major challenge for organizations when implementing fertility policies. These policies cover a broad spectrum of areas including clinical treatments, preservation and storage of eggs and sperm, preimplantation and diagnostics, and non‐clinical family‐building assistance. They also differ from standard
Clíodhna MacKenzie +2 more
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Gendered Effects of the Minimum Wage
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women work disproportionately in low‐hours jobs, which pay lower wages and are more exposed to minimum‐wage policies. We estimate an equilibrium search model with worker and firm heterogeneity, jobs differing in wages and hours, and imperfect compliance. Applied to Germany, the 8.50 € minimum wage reallocates women toward higher‐hours jobs and
Alessandro Di Nola, Haomin Wang
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Giving Miss Marple a makeover : graduate recruitment, systems failure and the Scottish voluntary sector [PDF]
, 2010 The voluntary sector in Scotland, as across the globe, is becoming increasingly business like. Resultantly, there is an increasing demand for graduates to work in business and support functions. In Scotland, however, despite an oversupply of graduates in
Hurrell, Scott A. +3 more
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Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To assess whether environmental concerns are associated with fertility expectations and behaviors across the reproductive life course. Background Whether individuals consider climate change in their reproductive decisions is an emerging area of research.
Katya Ivanova, Tobias Rüttenauer
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Are Intensive Parenting Attitudes a Deterrent to Childbearing?
Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective We investigate how intensive parenting profiles constructed from a multidimensional set of attitudinal measures relate to intentions to remain childfree, postpone parenthood, and have no further children in Sweden. Background Intensive parenting is increasingly used as an explanation for declining and low fertility. Economic theories
Sunnee Billingsley +2 more
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Prohibition of propaganda of non-procreation in the Russian Federation: Problems of normative legal regulation [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия «Экономика. Управление. Право»Introduction. The protection of the family, motherhood, and childhood is one of the priorities of the policy of the modern Russian state. This is directly indicated by the content of Article 38 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Karamysheva, Maria S.
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Voluntary childlessness in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Reproductive Health Matters, 1999 Abstract Motherhood for women has historically and traditionally been seen to be natural and the desire for it inevitable, and constructions of feminine identity to be synonymous with motherhood and mothering. In recent decades, however, a trend has emerged amongst Western women to remain childless. Although this can be seen in the broader context of
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Parenthood and CEO Responses to Media Criticism on Pay
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Research on media coverage of controversial corporate practices typically suggests firms respond instrumentally to mitigate stakeholder reactions. However, we argue that CEOs' moral concerns can sometimes override strategic considerations, because media criticism may expose them to scrutiny from personally valued audiences – for instance ...
Steffen Brenner, Georg Wernicke
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How a Mismatch Between Actual and Desired Fertility Relates to Well‐Being Across Adulthood
Journal of Personality, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Most people want two or more children, but many do not realize their fertility desires. At the same time, recent studies suggest that up to 15% of parents regret having children. To investigate how fertility mismatch relates to well‐being (i.e., affect balance, life satisfaction, family life satisfaction, and work satisfaction ...
Laura Buchinger +3 more
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