The relationship between work history and partnership formation in cohorts of British men born in 1958 and 1970

Bukodi, Erzsébet

doi:10.1080/00324728.2012.656853

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“…In Europe and East Asia, high rates of early‐adult unemployment have also placed downward pressure on marriage. Indeed, in England, studies have shown that job instability or downward career trajectories depress marriage rates among recent marriage‐age cohorts (Bukodi, ). Other labor market indicators—such as working in nonregular or fixed‐term jobs or garnering only temporary work contracts—significantly reduced the likelihood of entering marital unions across Europe and East Asia (Kim, ; Piotrowski, Kalleberg, & Rindfuss, ; Vignoli, Tocchioni, & Salvini, ).…”

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Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns

Sassler

Lichter

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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Nonmarital cohabitation and marriage are now fundamentally linked, a fact that is routinely reflected in current research on union formation. Unprecedented changes in the timing, duration, and sequencing of intimate co‐residential relationships have made the study of traditional marriage far more complex today than in the past. It is now clear that a white, middle‐class, American‐centric research template has become increasingly anachronistic. In this review article, we begin by providing an overview of contemporary theory, empirical approaches, and demographic trends in cohabitation and marriage, focusing primarily on the United States, but also distinguishing the U.S. from patterns found in other high‐income societies, including European countries, Canada, Australia, and in East Asia. We place the spotlight on the causes and consequences of union transitions. We identify the commonalities between cohabitation and marriage, but also key differences that are expressed unevenly across different populations and cultural groups. The rise in nonmarital cohabitation has upended conventional theoretical models and measurement approaches to the study of traditional marriage, complicating matters but also reinvigorating family scholarship on union formation and its implications for partners, children, and society.

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Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns

Sassler

Lichter

2020

J of Marriage and Family

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“…The role of men's uncertain careers has been systematically investigated by Kalmijn (2011). Nonetheless, only a few studies have focused on the consequences of employment in the entry into both cohabitation and marriage (e.g., Bukodi 2012).…”

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Uncertain lives: Insights into the role of job precariousness in union formation in Italy

Vignoli¹,

Tocchioni²,

Salvini³

2016

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BACKGROUND Growing economic uncertainty has become an intrinsic characteristic of contemporary globalized societies in which an increasing number of people are moving in and out of jobs that may give little meaning to their lives. Among other things, economic uncertainty may affect union formation practices. OBJECTIVE In this study we address the relationship between employment uncertainty and union formation in Italy. The country typifies a unique case-study in light of its familistic organization, but remains largely under-studied in this respect. METHODS We adopt a mixed-method approach. The qualitative analysis-conducted with focus group techniques-provided an in-depth understanding into the mechanisms of how job precariousness may affect individual perceptions and beliefs on union formation in Italy. The quantitative analysis-conducted through event-history techniques-verified how strong these mechanisms are at the population level. RESULTS The qualitative exploration allows us to advance the hypothesis-new for the Italian setting-that labor market uncertainty favors cohabitation while employment stability facilitates marriage. The subsequent quantitative analysis provided strong support for this hypothesis for the female population. For men, the largest contrast was found between any work and no work.

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“…These studies suggest that fixed-term jobs, or only finding employment on a temporary basis, significantly reduce the likelihood of entering into a union. For example, Bukodi (2012) showed that job instability, or downward career trajectories, depress union formation in the United Kingdom. Studies of Australia have reported results in line with those found further afield: individuals with unstable employment conditions, in particular unemployed males and/or those with lower levels of education, are more likely to postpone union formation (e.g., Evans 2015;Heard 2011).…”

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Union formation under conditions of uncertainty: The objective and subjective sides of employment uncertainty

Bolano¹,

Vignoli²

2021

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BACKGROUNDThe link between economic forces and family dynamics has received renewed attention in the present era of heightened uncertainty. Economic uncertainty has usually been linked to unfavorable labor market circumstances, such as unemployment and short-term contracts. Nonetheless, union formation may also be affected by subjective appraisals of employment conditions, including employment security and -acknowledging the prospective nature of uncertainty itselfexpectations of future employment. OBJECTIVEThis study seeks to empirically disentangle the effects of the objective and subjective sides of individual employment uncertainty on the entry into union. METHODSWe apply event history techniques to longitudinal data taken from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to examine whether and how objective measures of employment uncertainty (labor market status and contract type) and subjective measures (employment security and employment expectations) are associated with entry into a first union. RESULTSOur results show that objective markers of employment uncertainty -unemployment or temporary (casual) jobs -inhibit entry into a union for both men and women. Furthermore, different appraisals of employment uncertainty affect union formation across employment conditions. When individuals face objective employment uncertainty while still expecting their employment situation to improve, either by exiting unemployment (in particular among men) or retaining their jobs (among both sexes), union formation is not necessarily postponed.

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The relationship between work history and partnership formation in cohorts of British men born in 1958 and 1970

Cited by 14 publications

References 50 publications

Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns

Cohabitation and Marriage: Complexity and Diversity in Union‐Formation Patterns

Uncertain lives: Insights into the role of job precariousness in union formation in Italy

Union formation under conditions of uncertainty: The objective and subjective sides of employment uncertainty

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