Economic Precariousness and the Transition to Parenthood: A Dynamic and Multidimensional Approach

• DOI: 10.1007/s10680-022-09617-4
• Publication Date: 2022-04-20T13:03:41Z
• Authors: Daniël C. van Wijk; Helga A. G. de Valk; Aart C. Liefbroer
• Keywords: Postponement

Economic precariousness has taken on a central role in explanations of the postponement childbearing developed societies. However, most studies conceptualize and operationalize as being static one-dimensional, which provides only partial perspective links between fertility. In this paper, we study dynamic multidimensional concept, distinguishing past current well relating to income employment. Analyses are based Dutch full-population register data. We select all inhabitants Netherlands who left education 2006 follow them until 2018. Event history analyses show that employment have independent negative effects first birth rate for men. Current also reduce women, but increases women's probability conception. When is both persistent multidimensional, it associated with threefold decrease monthly conceiving child men almost halving women. Our need going beyond one-dimensional order understand how economic may affect fertility behaviour.