Laß, Inga: The Impact of Employment Insecurity on Partnership and Parenthood Decisions: Evidence from Couples in Germany and Australia. 2017
Inhalt
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 General Theoretical Framework
- 1.1 Linking Individual Life Courses, Partnerships and Social Institutions
- 1.2 Linking the Current Study to the Life Course Approach
- Chapter 2 Institutional Background
- 2.1 Institutional Arrangements in Germany and Australia
- 2.2 A More Differentiated Look at Germany: Comparing East and West
- 2.3 Summary
- Chapter 3 Linking the Employment Situation and the Lives of Workers
- 3.1 Financial Situation
- 3.2 Employment Stability and Mobility
- 3.3 Further Work-Related Benefits and Strains and Job Satisfaction
- 3.4 Employability and Health
- 3.5 Partnership Formation and Childbearing Intentions
- 3.6 Summary
- Chapter 4 Methodological Background
- 4.1 Preparation of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
- 4.1.1 About the SOEP
- 4.1.2 Construction of Partnership Histories
- 4.1.3 Construction of Fertility Histories
- 4.1.4 Key Independent Variables
- 4.2 Preparation of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey
- 4.2.1 About the HILDA Survey
- 4.2.2 Construction of Partnership Histories
- 4.2.3 Construction of Fertility Histories
- 4.2.4 Key Independent Variables
- 4.3 Method of Analysis: Discrete-Time Event History Analysis
- Chapter 5 The Effects of Employment Insecurity on First Childbirth under Different Gender Regimes – A Comparison of East and West Germany
- 5.1 Background and State of Research
- 5.2 Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses
- 5.2.1 The Individual Perspective: Linking Forms of Employment, Employment Insecurity and First Childbirth
- 5.2.1.1 Economic Insecurity: Part-Time Work
- 5.2.1.2 Temporal Insecurity: Fixed-Term Contracts
- 5.2.1.3 Accumulation of Economic and Temporal Insecurity: Fixed-Term Part-Time Work and Unemployment
- 5.2.2 The Dyadic Perspective: Work and Family in the Partnership Context
- 5.3 Data and Methods
- 5.4 Results
- 5.5 Summary and Conclusion
- Chapter 6 The Effects of Employment Insecurity on First Childbirth in Different Employment Systems – A Comparison of Germany and Australia
- 6.1 Background and State of Research
- 6.2 Theoretical Considerations and Hypotheses
- 6.2.1 Economic Insecurity: Part-Time Work and Minijobs
- 6.2.2 Temporal Insecurity: Fixed-Term Contracts, Temporary Agency Work and Casual Work
- 6.2.3 Accumulation of Economic and Temporal Insecurity: Unemployment, Fixed-Term Part-time Work and Casual Part-Time Work
- 6.3 Data and Methods
- 6.4 Results
- 6.5 Discussion and Conclusion
- Chapter 7 The Effects of Non-Standard Employment on Partnership Dissolution in Germany
- 7.1 Background and State of Research
- 7.2 Theoretical Considerations and Hypotheses
- 7.2.1 Part-Time Employment and Minijobs
- 7.2.2 Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work
- 7.2.3 Employment Constellations within the Couple
- 7.2.4 Employment Characteristics as Mediators
- 7.3 Data and Methods
- 7.4 Results
- 7.4.1 Making the Link: Non-Standard Employment and Partnership Conflicts
- 7.4.2 Non-Standard Employment and the Risk of Partnership Dissolution
- 7.5 Summary and Conclusion
- Summary and Conclusion
- References
- Appendix