Childbearing, Women’s Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Contemporary Europe

1. Introduction: Aspirations and Uncertainties. Childbearing Choices and Work-Life Realities in Europe
Livia Sz. Oláh, Susanne Fahlén

2. Work and Childbearing Intentions from a Capability Perspective: Young Adult Women in Sweden
Susanne Fahlén, Livia Sz. Oláh

3. Employment Instability and Childbearing Plans in a Child-Oriented Country: Evidence from France
Ariane Pailhé, Anne Solaz

4. Female Employment, Reconciliation Policies and Childbearing Intentions in East and West Germany
Katharina Lutz, Mandy Boehnke, Johannes Huinink, Silke Tophoven

5. The Interplay of Fertility Intentions, Female Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Contemporary Poland: Can Gender Equity, Preference and Social Capital Theories Provide a Better Insight?
Ewa Frątczak, Aneta Ptak-Chmielewska

6. Unattainable Desires? Childbearing Capabilities in Early 21st-Century Hungary
Judit Takács

7. Concluding Thoughts on Childbearing, Women’s Work and Work-Life Balance Policy Nexus in Europe in the Dawn of the 21st Century
Livia Sz. Oláh, Susanne Fahlén

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Politics of the Welfare State, Political Science, Sociology of Work, Political Sociology, Gender Studies, Social Policy