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      Job Insecurity and the Timing of Parenthood: A Comparison between Eastern and Western Germany : Perceptions de l’instabilité de l’emploi et projet d’enfant: Une comparaison entre Allemagne de l’est et allemagne de l’ouest

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          This article contributes to the ongoing debate on the economic determinants of fertility behavior by addressing the role of job insecurity in couples’ intentions concerning parenthood and its timing. It starts from the hypothesis that cultural values moderate individuals’ reactions to job insecurity and the way it is related to family formation. With a systematic thematic content analysis of a set of semi-structured interviews with childless men and women around the age of 30 in eastern and western Germany, we are able to show that there are substantial differences in the consequences of job insecurity on intentions to have a first child. In western Germany, a relatively secure job career is expected to precede family formation, and this sequence of transitions is rather rigid, whereas in eastern Germany job security and family formation are thought of and practiced as parallel investments. We suggest that the lack of convergence in family formation patterns between eastern and western Germany after the unification of the country in 1990 is partially related to different attitudes toward job insecurity in the two contexts.

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          Cet article contribue au débat en cours sur les déterminants économiques du comportement de fécondité, en questionnant le rôle de l’insécurité de l’emploi par rapport au projet d’enfant et à son calendrier. L’hypothèse posée est que les valeurs culturelles conditionnent en partie les réactions à l’insécurité de l’emploi et le lien aux processus de formation des familles. Par une analyse systématique des thèmes contenus dans un ensemble d’entretiens semi-directifs conduits auprès de personnes sans enfants âgées d’environ 30 ans en Allemagne de l’est et en Allemagne de l’ouest, nous avons démontré l’existence de réelles différences dans les répercussions de l’insécurité de l’emploi sur les projets de premier enfant. En Allemagne de l’ouest, un emploi stable doit obligatoirement précéder la venue d’un enfant, et la séquence est relativement rigide, alors qu’en Allemagne de l’est, l’obtention d’un emploi stable et la formation d’une famille sont conçus comme des investissements parallèles. Notre suggestion est que le manque de convergence dans les schémas de formation des familles entre les deux parties de l’Allemagne après l’unification du pays en 1990 pourrait être liée, au moins en partie, à des différences d’attitudes par rapport à l’insécurité de l’emploi.

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                Contributors
                +49-381-2081201 , +49-381-2081501 , bernardi@demogr.mpg.de
                Journal
                Eur J Popul
                European Journal of Population
                Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht )
                0168-6577
                1572-9885
                21 November 2007
                September 2008
                : 24
                : 3
                : 287-313
                Affiliations
                Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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                9127
                10.1007/s10680-007-9127-5
                2758395
                19816543
                c5e5b99a-0e36-41f1-9b77-b7f0b8d3aa76
                © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
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                : 21 November 2006
                : 19 July 2007
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                Sociology
                changement social,entretiens qualitatifs,fertility,qualitative interviews,job insecurity,family formation,allemagne,germany,fécondité,formation des familles,social change,insécurité de l’emploi

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