Family, Household and Work

by Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Vogler, Michael

• ISBN13: 9783540003601
• ISBN10: 3540003606
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

During the last decades the appearance of a family has changed substantially. Not long ago a typical family consisted of an employed man and a home-managing woman living together for their whole life times, and having one or more children, which primarily were raised by the wife. Today differing living models are much more common than before. House husbands, late motherhood, and a delayed work entry of the children are some of the related phenomena, which at the same time are reasons for and consequences of the changed view on the favorite family. Not surprisingly, this change has provoked much scientific interest. In this book we present a collection of recent economic research work on the resources management and development of families and households respectively. Assorting three general topics, we focus on the time allocation within the household, the family structure and development, and the transition to work of young adults.

Table of Contents

Time use and non-market work
Hamermesh DS
Timing, togetherness and time windfalls	1	(24)
Lecocq S
The allocation of time and goods in household activities: A test of separability	25	(14)
Vagstad S
On private incentives to acquire household production skills	39	(12)
Aronsson T, Daun feldt S-O, Wikström M
Estimating intrahousehold allocation in a collective model with household production	51	(16)
Sousa-Poza A, Schmid H, Widmer R
The allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care: An analysis for Switzerland	67	(20)
Lundholm M, Ohlsson H
Who takes care of the children? The quantity-quality model revisited	87	(8)
Household and family development
Jenkins SP
Modelling household income dynamics	95	(40)
Guariglia A
Saving behaviour and earnings uncertainty: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey	135	(16)
Ermisch JF, Francesconi M
Family structure and children's achievements	151	(22)
Hill MS, Yeung W -JJ, Duncan GJ
Childhood family structure and young adult behaviors	173	(30)
McCulloch A, Joshi HE
Child development and family resources: Evidence from the second generation of the 1958 British birth cohort	203	(22)
Martinez-Granado M, Ruiz-Castillo J
The decisions of Spanish youth: A cross-section study	225	(26)
Garasky S, Haurin RJ, Haurin DR
Group living decisions as youths transition to adulthood	251	(22)
Transition to work and younger employees
Riphahn RT
Residential location and youth unemployment: The economic geography of school-to-work transitions	273	(22)
Nilsen ØA, Risa AE, Torstensen A
Transitions from employment among young Norwegian workers	295	(14)
Fronstin P, Greenberg DH, Robins PK
Parental disruption and the labour market performance of children when they reach adulthood	309	(36)
Gustafsson S
Optimal age at motherhood. Theoretical and empirical considerations on postponement of maternity in Europe	345	(24)
Kalwij AS
The effects of female employment status on the presence and number of children	369	(20)
Ahn N, Mira P
Job bust, baby bust?: Evidence from Spain	389	(18)
Adair L, Guilkey D, Bisgrove E, Gultiano S
Effect of childbearing on Filipino women's work hours and earnings	407