Belgium Archives

Families and households

Cohabitation matters when studying breakups of couples with different migrant backgrounds

November 21, 2022 Layla Van den Berg and Dimitri Mortelmans

Belgium, Couples, Divorces, Europe, Marriage

Endogamy (partners of the same geographical origin) is said to lower the risk of marriage dissolution. However, once cohabitation is included in the analysis of Belgian (register) data, Layla Van … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Dual earners’ parental employment strategies in Belgium

June 10, 2021March 2, 2020 Jonas Wood and Leen Marynissen

Belgium, childbearing, Children, Europe, gender equality, Work

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 … Read more