Redundancy Reduces Birth Rates of highly-skilled: Losing a Job Can Ruin Plans to Start a Family
Monday, August 17, 2009 - 03:49
in Psychology & Sociology
Highly skilled women who have lost their job tend not to realise their plans to start a family. This is the clear finding of a major study conducted by the University of Linz with support from the Austrian Science Fund FWF. According to the findings, career development issues can come to dominate the long-term life plans of women who have lost their job.