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Gendered Relationship of Childbearing with Earnings Accumulated by Midlife in Two Nordic Welfare States 北欧两个福利国家中生育与中年收入积累的性别关系

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09986-4

Jessica Nisén, Anni Erlandsson, Marika Jalovaara

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German Parents Attaining Intrapersonal Work-Family Balance While Implementing the 50/50-Split-Model with Their Partners 德国父母在与伴侣实行 50/50 分居模式的同时实现个人工作与家庭的平衡

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09989-1

Ronja Schaber, Tirza Patella, Josefine Simm, Susan Garthus-Niegel

{"title":"German Parents Attaining Intrapersonal Work-Family Balance While Implementing the 50/50-Split-Model with Their Partners","authors":"Ronja Schaber, Tirza Patella, Josefine Simm, Susan Garthus-Niegel","doi":"10.1007/s10834-024-09989-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09989-1","url":null,"abstract":"Work-family balance (WFB) is attained if parents combine work and family roles aligned with their values. For an egalitarian parent aiming to implement a 50/50-split-model, this means sharing paid work, childcare, and housework equally with their partner (involvement balance), performing well in all roles (effective balance), while having positive emotions (emotional balance). This is difficult since work and family are competing for time and attention. Therefore, this article presents resources which can help parents attain WFB within a 50/50-split-model. Quantitative data of n = 1036 couples participating in the Dresden Study on Parenting, Work, and Mental Health (DREAM) were used to calculate the implementation rate of the 50/50-split-model at 14 months postpartum. Quantitative DREAM data were screened to purposively select n = 25 participants implementing a 50/50-split-model for the qualitative study DREAMTALK. Problem-centered interviews were conducted and analyzed via qualitative content analysis. Quantitative results showed a 50/50-split-model implementation rate of 3.8–17.5% among German parents. Qualitative results revealed 14 individual- and eight macro-level resources to facilitate WFB within a 50/50-split-model. Individual-level examples are acknowledging benefits of childcare assistance, segmentation from paid work and controversially, in other situations, integration of paid work and family. Macro-level examples are availability of childcare assistance, of solo paternal leave, paid work < 39 h/week, employee flexibility options, and family-friendly workplace cultures. To conclude, the full potential of individual-level resources applied by parents is attained when supported by macro-level resources provided by politics and employers. Parents, politics, and employers can facilitate WFB within the 50/50-split-model to foster gender equality.","PeriodicalId":39675,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family and Economic Issues","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hide and Seek with Finances: Financial Infidelity and Financial Snooping in Relationships 财务捉迷藏关系中的财务不忠和财务窥探

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09988-2

Morgan Joseph, Johanna Peetz

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Status Seeking and Work-Family Conflicts: How the Pursuit of Wealth and Success Threatens Family Peace in 26 Countries 地位追求与工作家庭矛盾：追求财富和成功如何威胁 26 个国家的家庭和睦

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09982-8

Stephanie Hess, Christian Schneickert

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The Will to Sustain Through Shocks, Wars and Crises: How the History of a Country Influences the Behaviour of the Family CEO 穿越冲击、战争和危机的持续意志：国家历史如何影响家族首席执行官的行为

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09985-5

Soumaya El Hayek Sfeir, Andreas Kallmuenzer

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“Who Comes Next?”: Planning and Managing Sustainable Initiatives that Facilitate Family Business Succession "下一个是谁？规划和管理促进家族企业继承的可持续举措

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09983-7

Vasco M. C. E. Prazeres, Fernando A. F. Ferreira, Neuza C. M. Q. F. Ferreira, João J. M. Ferreira, Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė

{"title":"“Who Comes Next?”: Planning and Managing Sustainable Initiatives that Facilitate Family Business Succession","authors":"Vasco M. C. E. Prazeres, Fernando A. F. Ferreira, Neuza C. M. Q. F. Ferreira, João J. M. Ferreira, Ieva Meidutė-Kavaliauskienė","doi":"10.1007/s10834-024-09983-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09983-7","url":null,"abstract":"Family businesses are increasingly recognized for their significance in the global economy, constituting a growing portion of companies worldwide and elevating the importance of this topic on governmental agendas. Unique challenges confront family firms, intertwining business decisions with familial repercussions. Among these challenges, the succession process emerges as a critical threat to their continuity. Inadequate solutions to the question of succession often lead to organizational failure, underscoring the urgency of addressing this issue. This study endeavors to construct an analysis model to support decision-makers throughout the succession journey, integrating a constructivist approach that merges cognitive mapping and interpretive structural modeling (ISM). This dual methodology facilitates the swift identification and analysis of factors crucial for smoother family business succession. The model development leverages insights from an expert panel and entails delineating cause-and-effect relationships among identified determinants and prioritizing these factors based on their significance. Subsequently, the model undergoes validation through a consolidation session with experts from the Associação de Empresas Familiares (i.e., Family Business Association in Portuguese), who assess its practical applicability. This includes perspectives from a Brazilian expert renowned for his understanding of family business dynamics within an emerging economy—Brazil. The insights gleaned from these sessions inform recommendations on implementing the tested procedures within real-life family enterprises, thereby contributing to the sustainability and longevity of these businesses.","PeriodicalId":39675,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family and Economic Issues","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Impact of Early Fertility Shocks on Women’s Fertility and Labor Market Outcomes 早期生育率冲击对妇女生育率和劳动力市场结果的影响

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09981-9

Ali Abboud

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Employment Vulnerability and Union Dissolution: Evidence on Intentions and Behaviors in Times of COVID-19 in Five European Countries 就业脆弱性与工会解体：欧洲五国 COVID-19 时代的意向和行为证据

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09979-3

Francesca Luppi, Francesca Zanasi, Alessandro Rosina

{"title":"Employment Vulnerability and Union Dissolution: Evidence on Intentions and Behaviors in Times of COVID-19 in Five European Countries","authors":"Francesca Luppi, Francesca Zanasi, Alessandro Rosina","doi":"10.1007/s10834-024-09979-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09979-3","url":null,"abstract":"Couples’ stability at younger ages is often a precondition for family formation and childbearing. While there is evidence that the COVID-19 crisis has impacted union formation in high-income countries, micro-level studies on union dissolution are almost absent. Our data stems from the Youth Report project of Toniolo Institute, collected in April/May and October/November 2021, on quota samples of young individuals (aged 18 to 34) in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, and the UK. Our explorative research, undertaken with logistic regression models, provides evidence on how employment vulnerability (e.g., holding a temporary occupation) was associated with different likelihoods of breaking up (or intending to) before the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that employment vulnerability spilled into separation plans during the economic recession and in European regions (NUTS-1 or NUTS-2 level) reporting poorly performing labor markets, in terms of young women’s employment and young adults’ unemployment. Additionally, among men with less vulnerable employment conditions, couple stability is less negatively affected by the recession. Finally, we find that men report a higher likelihood of revising their pre-pandemic intention to break up for non-economic reasons, which is interpretable—at least in some cases—as evidence of a “cocoon effect”.","PeriodicalId":39675,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family and Economic Issues","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Collective Intrahousehold Labor Supply in Europe: Distribution Factors and Policy Implications 欧洲家庭内部的集体劳动力供给：分配因素和政策影响

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-08-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09980-w

Ignacio Belloc, Jorge Velilla

{"title":"Collective Intrahousehold Labor Supply in Europe: Distribution Factors and Policy Implications","authors":"Ignacio Belloc, Jorge Velilla","doi":"10.1007/s10834-024-09980-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09980-w","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyzes how variables that shape intrahousehold bargaining relate to spouses’ labor supply. We estimate a collective model using data from the EU-SILC over 2004–2019 for 17 countries. Results provide evidence of the relevance of the following distribution factors: sex ratio, non-labor income, age difference, education difference, and fertility rates. The sex ratio seems to be a distribution factor in Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland. In addition, the wife’s share of non-labor income is a distribution factor in Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the UK. In Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and the UK the spouses’ age gap displays opposite signs on spouses’ labor supply, whereas in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, and the UK the spouses’ education level differences display intrahousehold bargaining signs. Finally, the fertility rate is a distribution factor in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, Switzerland, and the UK. These results indicate that spousal- and country-specific characteristics are assessed differently across Europe and may help planners to implement household policies on cash transfers, schooling, and fertility.","PeriodicalId":39675,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family and Economic Issues","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142182900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Do Villagers’ Financial Socialization, Financial Literacy, Financial Attitude, and Financial Behavior Predict Their Financial Well-Being? Evidence from an Emerging India 村民的金融社会化程度、金融知识、金融态度和金融行为能预测他们的金融福祉吗？来自新兴印度的证据

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Journal of Family and Economic Issues Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10834-024-09976-6

Pankaj Kumar, Pardeep Ahlawat, Aarti Deveshwar, Mahender Yadav

{"title":"Do Villagers’ Financial Socialization, Financial Literacy, Financial Attitude, and Financial Behavior Predict Their Financial Well-Being? Evidence from an Emerging India","authors":"Pankaj Kumar, Pardeep Ahlawat, Aarti Deveshwar, Mahender Yadav","doi":"10.1007/s10834-024-09976-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-024-09976-6","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examines the impact of family financial socialization theory (FFST) subjective constructs consisting of financial socialization (FS), financial literacy (FL), financial attitude, and financial behavior on peri-urban areas male villagers’ financial well-being (FWB) in an emerging economy. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 also emphasized improving FWB, especially by achieving SDG-1, SDG-3, and SDG-10. Data from 429 male villagers belonging to villages in peri-urban areas were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire by applying a purposive sampling technique. The study hypotheses were assessed by employing partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Results show that male villagers’ financial behavior is most significantly determined by their financial attitude, followed by financial socialization (FS) and financial literacy (FL). Notably, financial behavior emerged as a major antecedent of male villagers’ financial well-being (FWB), followed by FS, financial attitude, and FL. Also, the impact of male villagers’ FL on their financial attitude is more significant than FS. This study provides a major theoretical contribution to the literature, being the first to examine the antecedents of male villagers’ FWB worldwide empirically. Also, this study offers important implications for the government, financial institutions, and financial advisors.","PeriodicalId":39675,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family and Economic Issues","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141771550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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