“A Lone, Lone Spot in the Far Southern Seas”
In: Global Dimensions of Irish Identity, S. 44-76
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In: Global Dimensions of Irish Identity, S. 44-76
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In: Lone Parenthood in the Life Course, S. 257-282
In Belgium, lone parent families represent almost one fourth of the households with children, aside from the existence of regional differences in the phenomenon's prevalence. Zooming in on Flanders, the poverty risk for this type of family is significantly higher compared to couple-with-children households and the general population; thus, labour market participation represents a crucial resource for individuals heading such households to cope with the economic needs of the family and to avoid long-lasting poverty or to rely extensively on social assistance. We use data from the Crossroads Bank of Social Security (CBSS Datawarehouse) to study Flemish lone mothers' patterns of labour market participation and test the association between employment trajectories after lone parenthood and both individual and household characteristics. Flanders represents an interesting case because of (i) the relatively high diffusion of lone motherhood, (ii) the presence of welfare measures supporting a number of different types of recipients (even to different extents and not necessarily so generous to keep them out of poverty), and (iii) the availability of longitudinal data to observe lone mothers' employment trajectories over time. We find that differences exist among lone mothers, who thus experience different risk of social exclusion driven by family and labour market arrangements set up to resolve the potentially contradictory trade-off between the needs for care and for income. The age at which mothers have children is crucial in understanding their future exclusion from the labour market: selection into early lone motherhood is associated with lower employment opportunities. Furthermore, it is the number of children below 17 in the household rather than the presence of very small children that defines a lower probability of having a strong labour market attachment through full-time jobs, and that increases the likelihood of being unemployed/inactive and receiving welfare benefits.
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In: Multiple marginalities. An intercultural dialogue on gender in education across Europe and Africa., S. 450-470
Die Verfasser gehen von der Annahme aus, dass die jungen alleinerziehenden Mütter in der italienischen Gesellschaft eine unsichtbare Gruppe darstellen, und gehen den Ursachen dieser Erscheinung nach. Es wird gezeigt, dass Italien eine der niedrigsten Geburtenraten in der westlichen Welt hat, was durch die Mischung von Tradition und Modernität erklärt wird. Dabei handelt es sich um ein spezifisches Arrangement zwischen der Familie, dem Arbeitsmarkt und dem Wohlfahrtstaat, im dem die entscheidende Rolle die Familie spielt. In deren Rahmen ist die starke Bindung zwischen Eltern und Kindern kennzeichnend. In diesem Kontext sind die jungen alleinerziehenden Mütter stark in den familiären Rahmen eingebunden und werden von ihm in Schutz genommen. Die Autoren argumentieren, dass die meisten jungen alleinerziehenden Mütter einen niedrigeren Ausbildungsgrad im Vergleich zu ihren Altersgenossen haben, was eine zentrale Ursache für ihre unterprivilegierte Position auf dem Arbeitsmarkt darstellt. Die Entwicklung entsprechender Bildungs- und Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen wird als ein möglicher Ausweg aus der gegenwärtigen Situation dieser Gruppe angesehen. (ICG). Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten.
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