Transnational families living between Africa and Europe
Familles transnationales entre l’Afrique et l’Europe
Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans, Kim Caarls, Cris Beauchemin
International migration and family life are frequently difficult to reconcile. Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans, Kim Caarls, and Cris Beauchemin focus on three cases (the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, and Senegal)
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Why has migrant fertility in Norway declined?
Comment expliquer le recul de la fécondité des migrants en Norvège ?
Marianne Tønnessen
Fertility among immigrants has declined in many Western countries. In Norway, Marianne Tønnessen finds that the successful integration of immigrants is not the main driver of the decline since 2000, but rather decreased fertility in origin areas.
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Same-sex marriages in Sweden: 20 years of change
Mariages entre personnes de même sexe en Suède: 20 ans d’évolution
Martin Kolk, Gunnar Andersson
Martin Kolk and Gunnar Andersson study the evolution of same-sex marriages, childbearing and divorce in Sweden. They highlight increases in childbearing and marriage of female couples in particular, and a stabilization of divorce risks.
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Strong family ties moderate the negative effect of family size on children’s education, in Wisconsin (USA)
Taille de la famille et liens familiaux : leurs effets sur l’éducation des enfants dans le Wisconsin (États-Unis)
Ea Hoppe Blaabæk, Joseph Molitoris
Recent studies have questioned whether family size negatively affects children’s educational outcomes. Based on information from the extended family
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Dual earners’ parental employment strategies in Belgium
Stratégies d’emploi des parents à double revenu en Belgique
Jonas Wood, Leen Marynissen
Even in Belgium, despite its strong work-family reconciliation policies, childbearing pushes couples towards more traditional gender roles: when one member of a couple exits the labour market or takes parental leave (which is relatively rare), it is generally the woman.
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Breaking down the increase in non-marital births in Finland
Une décomposition de l’augmentation des naissances hors mariage en Finlande
Christine Schnor, Marika Jalovaara
Low-educated persons are especially likely to have their children outside marriage in Finland. While the proportion of people with low education has declined sharply in most countries in recent decades, non-marital childbearing has increased. How can this paradox be explained?
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Migrant mortality advantage and the selection hypothesis
La sous-mortalité des migrants et l’hypothèse de sélection
Matthew Wallace, Ben Wilson
We frequently hear that international migrants are a selected subgroup of their origin populations. The veracity of this statement is generally just assumed or inferred from comparison on some specific characteristics (e.g. survival) with the destination population.
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Legalizing same-sex marriages improves subjective well-being (in England and Wales)
Légaliser le mariage homosexuel améliore le bien-être subjectif (en Angleterre et au Pays de Galles)
Diederik Boertien, Daniele Vignoli
Legalizing same-sex marriage is as an important step toward reducing differences in well-being based on sexual orientation. For example, the subjective well-being of individuals in same-sex couples increased following legalization
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