Health at older ages: childless adults not always worse off than parents
La santé des personnes âgées sans enfant n’est pas toujours moins bonne que celle des parents
Nekehia T. Quashie, Bruno Arpino, Radoslaw Antczak, Christine A. Mair
As children are often the main source of support in later life, childless older adults are presumed to have higher risks of poor health compared to parents. Nekehia T. Quashie, Bruno Arpino, Radoslaw Antczak, and Christine A. Mair show that this is not always the case:
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Women’s employment 1996-2016: US vs Europe
Emploi des femmes 1996-2016: les États-Unis comparés à l’Europe
Jennifer L. Hook, Eunjeong Paek
Among OECD countries, the United States was once a leader in women’s labor force participation, but is now a laggard. Jennifer Hook and Eunjeong Paek compare trends in American and European women’s employment to investigate why the American gender revolution has stalled.
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What becomes of marriage when non-marital childbearing is the norm?
Quel avenir pour le mariage lorsque les naissances hors mariage deviennent la norme ?
Ari Klængur Jónsson
Nowhere in Europe is the share of births out of marriage larger than in Iceland. Nevertheless, most Icelanders marry. In this article Ari Klængur Jónsson argues that even though the link between marriage and childbearing appears tenuous,
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Female genital mutilation/cutting in Africa: ineffective policies and persistent inequalities
Mutilations génitales féminines / excision en Afrique : politiques inefficaces et inégalités persistantes
Valeria Cetorelli, Ben Wilson, Ewa Batyra, Ernestina Coast
Using nationally representative data from Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Valeria Cetorelli, Ben Wilson, Ewa Batyra and Ernestina Coast examine whether national policies banning
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Migrant children’s schooling in urban China
Scolarité des enfants migrants en Chine urbaine
Yuanfei Li, Zai Liang, Zhongshan Yue
Massive internal migration in China has led to a rise in the population of migrant children. Yuanfei Li, Zai Liang and Zhongshan Yue examine schooling choices for migrant children in urban China and find that they still face significant obstacles in accessing public schools,
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Grandmotherhood and retirement in Italy
Devenir grand-mère et prendre sa retraite en Italie
Francesca Zanasi, Inge Sieben
The article explores the relationship between becoming a grandmother and retiring in Italy. In contrast to the US and other countries in Europe, the two events do not overlap in Italy, and the former hardly influences the latter.
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Does population aging erode democratic support?
Vieillissement de la population : un risque pour la démocratie?
Uwe Sunde
Individual support for democracy in the population is essential for the stability of democracies. However, not much is known about how demographic change, such as population aging, affects attitudes in this respect.
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Socioeconomic differences in life satisfaction and longevity in Spain
Différences socioéconomiques de longévité et de satisfaction dans la vie en Espagne
Aïda Solé-Auró, Mariona Lozano
Aïda Solé-Auró and Mariona Lozano present data on “satisfied life expectancy” by gender and educational level in Spain. One of their somewhat paradoxical findings is that even though Spaniards are living longer and healthier lives than ever before,
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