Family Life in Power Couples. Continued Childbearing and Union Stability among the Educational Elite in Sweden, 1991–2005
(2010) In Demographic Research 23(30). p.847-877- Abstract
- This article studies continued childbearing and union stability among "power couples," or dual-career couples. The determinants of these events are analysed multivariately using longitudinal data on couples from population registers in Sweden, 1991–2005. Power couples are identified using their levels and fields of education, and their sectors of employment. Income and other variables are controlled for. The results show that power couples are more likely to continue childbearing, and are less likely to separate, than other couples. This implies that, despite the expected higher opportunity costs of childbearing and the small gains to specialisation, power couples who start families are able to combine career and continued childbearing.
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- author
- Dribe, Martin LU and Stanfors, Maria LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2010
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Demographic Research
- volume
- 23
- issue
- 30
- pages
- 847 - 877
- publisher
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- external identifiers
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- wos:000283670000001
- scopus:78049459692
- ISSN
- 1435-9871
- DOI
- 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.30
- project
- Kön, kunskap, kompetens och karriär. Familjebildningsmönster bland högutbildade män och kvinnor i Sverige
- Male fertility and fatherhood
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- e701e14d-7ace-4fdd-be7f-2b969850a3d6 (old id 1684704)
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