The part-time story: Dutch couples at the life-course transition to parenthood

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjam Verweij
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Life Course Transition

Depression, Work and Family Roles, and the Gendered Life Course

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 422-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Leupp
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Protective Effect ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Work And Family Roles ◽  
The Life Course

Despite the importance of employment for shaping mental health over the life course, little is known about how the mental health benefits of employment change as individuals age through their prime employment and child-rearing years. This study examines the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 Cohort ( N = 8,931), following respondents from their late 20s to mid-50s. Results suggest that among women, the aging of children is especially salient for shaping the mental health consequences of employment. Young children diminish the protective effect of mothers’ full- and part-time employment, but the salubrious effects of paid work increase as children get older. The benefit of employment for men’s mental health also changes over time, but it is the aging of men themselves rather than their children that alters the magnitude of full-time employment’s protective effect. Findings suggest the contribution of employment to life course mental health remains tethered to traditional gender roles.

scholarly journals Family policies’ long-term effects on poverty: a comparative analysis of single and partnered mothers

2022 ◽  
pp. 095892872110356
Author(s):  
Hannah Zagel ◽  
Wim Van Lancker
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
The Other ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Child Benefits ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Over Time

This study investigates whether generous family policies at the transition to parenthood reduce single and partnered mothers’ economic disadvantages later in the life course. Previous research usually focused on the immediate effects of family policies and disregards potential longer-term effects. In this study, we suggest taking a life-course perspective to study the relationships between family policy and mothers’ poverty risks. We empirically investigate how investment in child benefits, childcare services and parental leave measures at the transition to parenthood are associated with poverty outcomes at later life stages and whether these associations hold over time. We draw on pooled EU-SILC data, and an original policy dataset based on OECD expenditure data for child benefits, childcare and parental leave from 1994 to 2015. We find that mothers’ observed increase in poverty over time is slower in countries with high levels of spending for childcare at the transition to parenthood than in lower spending countries. The gap between partnered and single mothers was also diminishing in contexts of high childcare expenditure. For the other two policies, we did not find these links. These results do lend support to the claim that childcare is a prime example of a social investment policy with returns later in the life course and represents a life-course policy that seems to be able to disrupt economic path dependencies. The results for the other two policies suggest, however, a limited potential of family policy spending at transition to parenthood to reduce the poverty gap between partnered and single mothers over the course of life.

Sparen voor eerder

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter de Haan ◽  
Janneke Plantenga
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Second Child ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Average Worker ◽  
The Life Course

Saving for prior times. The Dutch life course scheme and the balance between work and care Saving for prior times. The Dutch life course scheme and the balance between work and care This research note focuses on the contribution of the new Dutch life course scheme to the reconciliation of work and private life. It appears that an average worker has to save approximately 3% of their net income, for a period of 9 years, in order to finance a period of part-time parental leave for 10 month. Given the fact that the savings are not transferable, it seems impossible to finance a second period of level by the same parent, for example after the birth of a second child. It also appears that taking leave is relatively expensive in comparison to the use of child care services. The life course scheme does not guarantee a right to leave beyond the statutory rights either. The conclusion therefore should be that the life course scheme only offers limited support when it comes to the reconciliation of work and care. The strong elements of this 'saving for care' system, allowing for diversity and personal responsibility, seem only useful if the life course scheme is offered in addition to and as a supplement of a collective arrangement.

scholarly journals Does part-time employment status really reduce time pressure?

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Rose ◽  
Belinda Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Employment Status ◽  
Transition To Parenthood ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Temporal Flexibility ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Gendered Patterns ◽  
The Life Course

Part-time employment rates are increasing in Australia, for both women and men. However, gendered patterns in part-time employment status are typically associated with mothers’, rather than fathers’, transition to parenthood. This study uses data from the 2006 Negotiating the Life Course survey to investigate whether part-time employment reduces time pressure for women compared to men, when temporal job quality is considered. Our results show that women employed in shorter part-time hours had better time pressure outcomes, overall and at work, than women employed in longer part-time hours. Yet findings show that a lack of access to temporal flexibility and irregular work schedules negatively impact time pressure outcomes for both men and women. We conclude that time pressure benefits gained from being employed part-time, may be diminished when there is poor temporal job quality.

scholarly journals Flexicurity in a life-course perspective

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Klammer
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Main Section ◽  
The Third ◽  
Life Course Approach ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Life Course

This article extends the analysis of flexicurity to take account of the life-course perspective; in the international flexicurity debate such an approach has so far not been systematically taken. The article focuses on the question of what options will be needed for time allocation in different phases of life and over the whole life of an individual, and what financial resources could be combined to finance those phases. The first section discusses methodological and conceptual issues related to flexicurity and the life course. In the second section, longitudinal data from Germany is presented to illustrate some of the relevant patterns of, and changes within, life courses. The third and main section deals with policy implications. Four crucial objectives of a flexicurity policy based on a life-course approach are identified, and a range of options to improve flexibility and security over the lifetime are discussed. These options include measures to increase time sovereignty, subsidised part-time schemes for care and lifelong learning, the use of accumulated pension savings to finance other activities during the course of working life, and the role of minimum provision in social security schemes.

Human Development in the Life Course

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tania Zittoun ◽  
Jaan Valsiner ◽  
Dankert Vedeler ◽  
Joao Salgado ◽  
Miguel M. Goncalves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Human Development ◽  
The Life Course
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document