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Changes in Employment Uncertainty and the Fertility Intention-Realization Link: An Analysis Based on the Swiss
Doris Hanappi1,2, Valérie-Anne Ryser3, Laura Bernardi1,4,5
1LIVES-Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research, University of Lausanne, Bâtiment Géopolis, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Abstract:
How do changes in employment uncertainty matter for fertility? Empirical studies on the impact of employment uncertainty on reproductive decision-making offer a variety of conclusions, ranging from gender and socio-economic differences in the effect of employment uncertainty on fertility intentions and behaviour, to the effect of employment on changes in fertility intentions. This article analyses the association between a change in subjective employment uncertainty and fertility intentions and behaviour by distinguishing male and female partners' employment uncertainty, and examines the variation in these associations by education. Using a sample of men and women living in a couple from the Swiss Household Panel (SHP 2002-2011), we examine through multinomial analysis how changes in employment uncertainty and selected socio-demographic factors are related to individual childbearing decisions. Our results show strong gendered effects of changes in employment uncertainty on the revision of reproductive decisions among the highly educated population.
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