I would if I could: Precarious employment and childbearing intentions in Italy

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-97

  Modena, Francesca ^a   Sabatini, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse) Euricse   (Italy)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Family planning; Fertility; Italy; Job instability; Parenthood; Participation; Precarious employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856951119     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-010-9117-y     Document Type: Article

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