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Does parenthood increase happiness? Evidence for Poland
(2011)
In the recent decade demographers turned their attention to investigating the effects of children
on self-rated happiness or life satisfaction. The underlying idea of this strand of research is to
find out whether it ...
Fertility developments in Central and Eastern Europe: the role of work-family tensions
(2012)
This paper provides an overview of developments in fertility, family policy models, and intensity of work-family tensions in the CEE region in the 1990s and 2000s. It hypothesises that the intensification of work-family ...
Women’s employment and marital stability: the role of the context
(2012)
A discussion of the effects of partners’ labour force participation on marital stability has been part of the demographic debate for several decades. While theorists generally agree that men’s employment has a stabilizing ...
Czy znamy lekarstwo na niską dzietność? Wyniki międzynarodowych badań ewaluacyjnych na temat polityki rodzinnej
(2012)
Niniejszy artykuł prezentuje ideę badań ewaluacyjnych oraz dokonuje przeglądu badań
mierzących wpływ przyczynowo-skutkowy reform polityki rodzinnej na dzietność. W świetle
doświadczeń międzynarodowych pozytywny wpływ na ...
Country-Specific Conditions for Work and Family Reconciliation: An Attempt at Quantification
(2013)
The country-specific conditions for work and family reconciliation have been theoretically and empirically acknowledged to constitute important determinants of fertility and women’s employment. So far, however, there have ...
Women’s determination to combine childbearing and paid employment: How can a qualitative approach help us understand quantitative evidence?
(2010)
This paper aims to provide deeper insight into women’s fertility and employment decisions
through the exploration of women’s values and beliefs. For our research, we selected Poland,
where quantitative studies continuously ...
Does Lone Motherhood Decrease Women’s Subjective Well-Being? Evidence from Qualitative and Quantitative Research
(2012)
This paper contributes to the discussion on the effects of single motherhood on
happiness. We use a mixed-method approach. First, based on in-depth interviews with mothers
who gave birth while single, we explore mechanisms ...
Diverse paths into childlessness over the life cours
(2013)
Childlessness is rarely an outcome of a single decision or can be attributed to one particular reason. Remaining childless should rather be seen as a process influenced by continuously changing context and by many choices ...
The changing educational gradient in marital disruption: A meta-analysis of European longitudinal research
(2011)
A large number of empirical studies have investigated the role of education in the changes in
union dissolution in Europe, but these studies have so far produced inconsistent results. This
paper seeks to assess the ...
Women’s self-employment in Poland: a strategy for combining work and childcare?
(2013)
The paper investigates whether self-employment, which generally offers greater flexibility
with respect to the hours and place of work, is chosen by women in order to achieve a better
balance between paid work and family. ...