This is the first systematic international comparative study of the transformation of couples'
careers in modern societies. The countries included are Germany, the Netherlands, the …

In recent years, much cross-national research on women's work has focused on the impact
of the state in creating the conditions to enable women to combine paid work and …

Behind the increase in dual-career couples are two social phenomena: a rapid increase in
the number of (married) women in the workforce and a shift in values. People are moving …

In this article, we provide a long-term East–West comparison of partnered women's
employment from the 1940s into the first decade of the new millennium in Germany, and …

The aim of this article is to examine how (i) children and (ii) the existence and potential
earnings of husbands affect women's employment patterns in West Germany, East Germany …

The viability of a lifestyle in which both the husband and the wife are career-oriented is in
question. Can both spouses find satisfying employment? Should they be hired? Is a man …

This study investigates the role of female labour-market attachment and earnings in
childbearing progressions in two very different European contexts. By applying event-history …

Dual-career marriage, in which wife and husband each pursue a professional career, offers
a window into the changing landscape of gender roles and relations. In the span of a single …

This study focuses on the effects of children on the labour supply of married and lone
mothers in the USA and Germany using individual-level longitudinal data and event-history …

What is the long‐term effect of the emerging predominance of the dual‐earner family? This
study uses data from 3 national household panel surveys—the British Household Panel …