Birthstrikes? Agency and Capabilities in the Reconciliation of Employment and Family
Birthstrikes? Agency and Capabilities in the Reconciliation of Employment and Family
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2006
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通讯作者：
L. Oláh
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B. Hobson;L. Oláh
摘要本文的目的是分析妇女的机构和生育决策的背景下，在福利国家的政策配置，调和就业与有和照顾孩子和不断变化的愿望和期望forgender平等的家庭。采用的概念生育罢工，灵感来自Amartaya森的能力和代理自由的想法，我们认为，在20世纪90年代的个人和家庭推迟或不生孩子跨越12个国家，代表四个政策配置模型。利用家庭层面的数据，我们考虑了教育差异对生育第一个孩子的可能性。我们发现，在生育和就业协调政策薄弱、对经济前景不确定的家庭几乎没有保护的社会中，生育的影响最为明显。
Summary The purpose of this article is to analyze women's agency and fertility decisions in the context of policy configurations in welfare states for reconciling employment with having and caring for children and the changing aspirations and expectations forgender equality in families. Employing the concept of birthstriking, inspired by Amartaya Sen's ideas on capabilities and agency freedom, we consider which individuals and families in the 1990s are delaying or not having children across 12 countries, representing four policy configuration models. Using household level data, we consider differences in education on the likelihood of having a first child. We find the clearest birthstriking effects in societies where there are weak reconciliation policies for motherhood and employment and few protections for families with uncertain economic futures.