The booklet explores interlinkages among women’s employment and fertility at either a macro- and a micro-level in ecu member states, Norway and Switzerland. equally as many different experiences at the subject, it refers back to the cross-country version within the macro-context for explaining  cross-country modifications in women’s labour offer and fertility degrees. even if, unlike different stories, which generally specialize in Western Europe, it extends the dialogue to vital and japanese eu nations. in addition, it seems on the macro-context from a multi-dimensional point of view, indicating its 4 dimensions as appropriate for fertility and women’s employment offerings: fiscal (living standards), institutional (family policies), structural (labour marketplace structures), and cultural (social norms). a special characteristic of the learn is the improvement of indices that degree the depth of institutional, structural, and cultural incompatibilities among women’s employment and fertility. those indices are used for rating ecu international locations from the viewpoint of the country-specific stipulations for paintings and relations reconciliation. a rustic the place those stipulations are the worst, yet the place ladies are also perceived as very important source of revenue services, is picked up for an in-depth empirical learn of the interrelationship among fertility and women’s employment offerings.

Finally, opposed to the assessment of theoretical thoughts predominantly used for learning interdependencies among fertility and women’s labour provide the ebook assesses the micro-level empirical reports to be had at the subject and proposes an analytical process for modelling the 2 variables. Thereby, it additionally contributes to methodological advancements within the field.