Interdependencies between childbearing and women’s paid work in an international perspective constitute the main area of my expertise. I examined the role of women’s involvement in paid work on their childbearing behaviours and the impact of parenthood on women’s labour market outcomes. I have also studied the role of the …
I am also interested in examining the effects of labour market transformations on family dynamics. I have investigated the role of economic uncertainty on fertility in general as well as during the most recent economic recession. Currently, I running the ERC Consolidator Grant LABFER in which I am investigating how the …
Besides fertility, I have also worked on union dynamics. I investigated the process of diffusion of new family arrangements, such as cohabitation and childbearing within cohabitation. I have also studied the links between women’s socio-economic status and union disruption. In particular, I demonstrated a change in the educational gradient in …
Part of my research is also devoted to studies on the relationship between childbearing and parental subjective well-being. One of my contributions to this strand of research is the finding that a non-marital birth does not lower mothers’ subjective well-being. This finding, obtained together with A. Baranowska-Rataj and M. Mynarska, …
I have also published more generally on the causes and consequences of family change in Europe and provided my expertise on family policies to governments in Eastern European countries (Moldova and Armenia) through my collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund. Earlier I also provided my expertise to the governmental …
In the last years, I have also developed interest in fathers’ involvement in the family and its consequences for men’s labour market outcomes and fertility. Numerous papers published over the last decade found an increase in men’s involvement in the family and suggested that it should lead to higher fertility, …
