Squeezing Birth into Working Life. Household Panel Data Analyses Comparing Germany, Great-Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden

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1 INTRODUCTION

2 BREADWINNER IDEOLOGY AGAINST INDIVIDUAL AND EQUAL ROLE SHARING IDEOLOGY

3 CREATING COMPARATIVE FERTILITY AND WORK FILES FROM HOUSEHOLD PANEL DATA SETS

4 WOMEN'S LABOUR FORCE TRANSITIONS IN CONNECTION WITH CHILDBIRTH

5 WOMEN'S SHARE IN EARNINGS BEFORE AND AFTER THE BIRTH OF CHILDREN

6 PAID CAREERS AND THE TIMING AND SPACING OF BIRTHS in Germany, Great Britain and Sweden

7 OPTIMAL AGE AT MATERNITY IN THE NETHERLANDS

8 SUMMARY

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SUMMARY IN DUTCH - SAMENVATTING

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