Childbearing, Women's Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Contemporary Europe

1. Introduction: Aspirations and Uncertainties: Childbearing Choices and Work-Life Realities in Europe; Livia Sz. Oláh and Susanne Fahlén 2. Work and Childbearing Intentions in a Capability Perspective: Young Adult Women in Sweden; Susanne Fahlén and Livia Sz. Oláh 3. Employment Instability and Childbearing Plans in a Child-Oriented Country: Evidence from France; Ariane Pailhé and Anne Solaz 4. Female Employment, Reconciliation Policies, and Childbearing Intentions in East and West Germany; Katharina Lutz, Mandy Boehnke, Johannes Huinink and Silke Tophoven 5. The Interplay of Fertility Intentions, Female Employment and Work-Life Balance Policies in Contemporary Poland: Can Gender Equity, Preference, and Social Capital Theories Provide a Better Insight?; Ewa Fratczak & Aneta Ptak-Chmielewska 6. Unattainable Desires? Childbearing Capabilities in Early 21st Century Hungary; Judit Takács 7. Concluding Thoughts on Childbearing, Women's Work and Work-Life Balance Policy Nexus in Europe in the Dawn of 21st Century; Livia Sz. Oláh and Susanne Fahlén