The Impact of Unemployment on the Realization of Fertility Intentions

Abstract

Originally published under the title: “ Parcours de Familles. L’enquête Étude des relations familiales et intergénérationnelles ”, Coll. Grandes enquêtes, by INED in 2016 ----- Adopting a longitudinal approach, this book examines the dynamics of union and family formation in France and its effects on various aspects of life, such as employment, intergenerational transfers, etc. Drawing on data from a survey in which the same respondents were interviewed three times at three-year intervals, the book explores how demographic behaviours are influenced across the life course at individual level and assesses some of their consequences. The contributors give a clear understanding of how family behaviours are constructed and redefined. They track changes in respondents’ lives in order to pinpoint the factors that prevent couples from realizing their fertility intentions, for example, or to identify certain determinants of union formation or dissolution. They also provide a more detailed picture of the changes that shape family behaviours, such as the impact of a birth on the working career or on intergenerational support, and much more. Using longitudinal data from the French version of the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS), this book addresses family and childbearing behaviours dynamically, as processes that interact with each other and with the other components of each individual's life course. ----- Contents: 1 Arnaud Régnier-Loilier: Introduction. Following the Same People Over Time to Better Understand Family Behaviour and Its Consequences..................... 1-9 2 Arnaud Régnier-Loilier: Implementation of the GGS Survey in France..... 11-26 3 Arnaud Régnier-Loilier: Conjugal Outcomes of Different Types of Non- cohabiting Relationships............................................................ 27-50 4 Éva Beaujouan: Frequency of Disagreements, Satisfaction in Couples, and Separations........................................................................... 51-78 5 Arnaud Régnier-Loilier: Birth Planning: Measures and Associated Factors 79-99 6 Arnaud Régnier-Loilier/ Pascal Sebille: Non-realization of Fertility Intentions ...................................................................................... 101-121 7 Ariane Pailhé/ Arnaud Régnier-Loilier: The Impact of Unemployment on the Realization of Fertility Intentions............................................... 123-146 8 Sandra Zilloniz: Work Schedules and Family Life: How Does the Birth of Children Weigh in the Balance?............................................................ 147-172 9 Zsuzsanna Makay: Parental Leave and Career Interruption of Mothers in France and Hungary............................................................. 173-197 10 Maëlan Le Goff/ Julien Navaux/ Lionel Ragot: The Impact of Life Stages on Parent-Child Transfers........................................................... 199-215 11 François-Xavier Devetter: Changes in Demand for Paid Domestic Help217-236 12 Manon Réguer-Petit: The Impact of Women’s Family Trajectories on Their Value Systems..................................................................... 237-265