abstract: 'There is little empirical evidence on how working conditions affect

  women''s employment and fertility choices, despite a number of studies on

  the impact of individual-level and institutional factors. The article

  addresses this gap by examining how family life stages are related to

  particular aspects of job quality among employed women in 27 European

  countries. The central argument of the analysis is that high-quality

  jobs are conducive to both transitions to motherhood and employment

  after childbirth as women select into these roles. Accordingly, mothers

  of young children, if employed, are expected to have relatively better

  quality jobs. Four dimensions of job quality are considered: job

  security, career progression, working time and intrinsic job quality.

  The results indicate that mothers with young children are more likely to

  hold high-quality jobs than women at other life stages with respect to

  working time quality and job security, but with some variation across

  countries for job security. The findings highlight the importance of

  high-quality jobs for women''s fertility decisions and labour market

  attachment after childbirth, with implications for European employment

  policy.'
affiliation: 'Piasna, A (Corresponding Author), European Trade Union Inst, Blvd Roi
  Albert 2 5, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium.

  Piasna, Agnieszka, European Trade Union Inst, Blvd Roi Albert 2 5, B-1210 Brussels,
  Belgium.

  Plagnol, Anke, City Univ London, Northampton Sq, London EC1V 0HB, England.'
author: Piasna, Agnieszka and Plagnol, Anke
author-email: apiasna@etui.org
author_list:
- family: Piasna
  given: Agnieszka
- family: Plagnol
  given: Anke
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s11205-017-1743-9
eissn: 1573-0921
files: []
issn: 0303-8300
journal: SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH
keywords: 'Job quality; Gender; Maternal employment; Life course analysis;

  International comparisons'
keywords-plus: 'NONSTANDARD WORK SCHEDULES; YOUNG-CHILDREN; FERTILITY INTENTIONS;

  MULTILEVEL APPROACH; GENDER INEQUALITY; PARENTAL LEAVE; SHIFT WORK;

  EMPLOYMENT; CHILDBIRTH; MOTHERS'
language: English
month: OCT
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '72'
orcid-numbers: Plagnol, Anke/0000-0001-5705-8949
pages: 1065-1084
papis_id: a6a85f3d3e5ec47cd117efcdaf1f4465
ref: Piasna2018womensjob
researcherid-numbers: Plagnol, Anke/N-1477-2019
times-cited: '9'
title: 'Women''s Job Quality Across Family Life Stages: An Analysis of Female Employees
  Across 27 European Countries'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000444474700010
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '37'
volume: '139'
web-of-science-categories: Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Sociology
year: '2018'