Residential practices of middle classes in the field of parenthood

This dissertation is about the changes in the lives of members of the middle classes in Amsterdam when they become parents for the first time. It is about how becoming a parent affects their working life, their consumption patterns, and their social life. It is about how identities as new parents and as city dwellers may conflict and coincide. It is also about how the household as an economic and social unit is organized and how the relationship between the partners changes when couples become families. Above all, this study is about the decision where to live, and more specifically about the question whether to leave or to stay in the city.