In this paper I explore two hypotheses:(1) Formal childcare availability for children under 3
has a positive effect on fertility; and (2) Formal childcare availability has different effects …

This article analyses mothers' work decisions and their determinants during the first three
years of their children's life, based on data from a survey of 1219 mothers in the Barcelona …

ABSTRACT The Great Recession (2008–13) changed patterns in women's employment and
the use of formal and informal external childcare among mothers of young children in Spain …

In Spain, female labour force participation is among the lowest in Europe. This paper
analyzes the extent to which female labour force participation is affected by the cost of formal …

Este artículo analiza el impacto de las políticas implementadas por cinco Comunidades
Autónomas—Navarra, Castilla y León, País Vasco, Castilla-La Mancha y La Rioja—en la …

This PhD dissertation analyzes the effectiveness of the parental leave system in Spain to
facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life and to promote gender equality …

Fertility levels have remained very low in Spain since the mid-1980s, implying a future rapid
aging of the population. The stagnation of fertility levels is closely linked to the substantial …

Different aspects of decisions regarding parenthood are analysed. From an institutional
perspective, reconciliation policies and features of the female labour market are studied, as …

This chapter focusses on how early childhood education and care (ECEC) has been
extended and configured in recent decades in advanced capitalistic countries. We will first …

In this introduction we present early childhood education and care (ECEC) as the topic of
this book and how we position it in relation to the wider theoretical and conceptual debate …