The influence of family policies on women´s childbearing: A longitudinal micro-data analysis of 21 countries
Sunnee Billingsley
Gerda Neyer
Katharina Wesolowski
10.17045/sthlmuni.6754193.v1
https://su.figshare.com/articles/preprint/The_influence_of_family_policies_on_women_s_childbearing_A_longitudinal_micro-data_analysis_of_21_countries/6754193
<b>Abstract:</b> This study
analyzes whether and how family policies are related to women’s first and
second child transitions in 21 post-industrial countries. We adapt the social
investment approach developed in welfare state research and distinguish between
investment-oriented family policies and traditional, protection-oriented family
policies. Our family policy indicators vary over time and are merged with
fertility histories provided by harmonized individual level data. We use
multilevel event-history models and control for time-varying unobserved
heterogeneity at the country level and individual-level characteristics. Higher
family-policy support of both types is correlated with the postponement of
first births, particularly among young women, whereas traditional-family
support is also correlated with postponement among older women and women in
education. Both types of family support are linked to earlier first births
among lower educated women. Only investment-oriented support is correlated with
second birth transitions and this positive relationship does not vary for women
with different educational levels.
2018-07-06 09:30:29
fertility
family policy
investment-oriented policies
earner-carer support
protection-oriented policies
childbearing
multilevel analysis
‘Stockholm Reports in Demography’
Sociologiska institutionen
Department of Sociology
Sudanese patients
Stockholm University Demography Unit
Stockholms universitets demografiska avdelning
Demography not elsewhere classified
Sociology