514 research outputs found
Supplemental Material, Maineri_Online_Supplement - Slider Bars in Multi-Device Web Surveys
No full textSupplemental Material, Maineri_Online_Supplement for Slider Bars in Multi-Device Web Surveys by Angelica M. Maineri, Ivano Bison and Ruud Luijkx in Social Science Computer Review</p
The two sides of homeownership: Security and insecurity: A comparative approach to the effects of housing tenure and housing wealth on political attitudes, political behavior and subjective wellbeing
Full text linkItem does not contain fulltextTilburg University, 10 november 2017Promotor : Graaf, P.M. de Co-promotores : Dewilde, C.L., Luijkx, A.R.C.M
Income, values and subjective wellbeing in Europe:results from the EVS 1999-2017 data
No full textThe basic idea is to view the effects of objective and subjective modernisation on subjective wellbeing (SWB). Objective modernisation refers to the nation’s socio-economic development, indicated by GDP, absolute and relative income, and income inequality. Subjective modernisation refers to people’s modernisation values including work and social values. Modernisation values used are (post-)materialism and gender-role and leisure time values. Work and social values pertain to work ethos and intrinsic or extrinsic work orientationsand to trust in other people and the importance of family and friends and how leisure time is valued. The EVS data used cover a period of 20 years. A multi-level regression model has been estimated with modernisationindicators on country and individual level and controls for gender, age, personal income, health and health behaviour (sports). The story found is clear. The findings illustrate the strong effects of absolute and relative income for people’s happiness, but, allegedly, more interesting are the strong effects of work and social values on SWB and the smaller but significant effects of all modernisation values which appear rather stable over time. People who hold strong social values gain in happiness because they engage more in social networks and relationships
Replication files for "Intergenerational Transmission of Homeownership in Europe: Revisiting the Socialisation Hypothesis"
No full textThese are the replication files for: Lersch, Philipp M. & Luijkx, Ruud (2015): Intergenerational Transmission of Homeownership in Europe: Revisiting the Socialisation Hypothesis. Social Science Research 49. 327–342. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.08.01
Structural and Cultural Determinants of Fertility and Female Labour Market Participation in Italy and Europe
No full textThe thesis contributes to the explanation of two well-documented phenomena: the strong decline in fertility rates and the parallel increase in female labour market participation which occurred in the last decades in most OECD countries. The argument is studied by means of a European comparison and an in-depth analysis of the Italian case. An innovative aspect of the work is the combination of cultural and structural explanations. In fact, the main argument of the thesis is that cross-national differences and the puzzling Italian and Southern European pattern of low fertility and low female labour market participation should be understood as stemming from the interplay between different factors, related to a structural – Welfare Regimes and the Economic Theory of the Family – and a cultural theoretical framework – the Second Demographic Transition and the distinction between “strong” and “weak” family systems.
In detail, the thesis shows empirically how both women’s opportunity-costs and households’ economic resources as well as family values and preferences are useful to understand fertility and female labour market participation behaviours. ILFI (Indagine Longitudinale sulle Famiglie Italiane, 1997-2005) data have been used to demonstrate how individual- and household-level mechanisms, connected with social stratification, underlying the transition to parenthood and female labour market participation around childbirths are coherent with the Italian familialistic institutional setting. Italy is an interesting case not least because of its strong regional heterogeneity, which concerns also the family formation process. Adopting an epidemiological approach, ILFI and IARD data on the condition of youth (2004) are exploited to show how the regional heterogeneity in family behaviours within Italy, such as the lower age at parenthood and the higher fertility rates in Southern regions in the selected cohorts, may be largely explained by differences in family values. This first hint suggesting the role of culture on demographic behaviours is developed further in a comparative setting using EVS (European Values Study, 1990-2008) data. The latter allowed to assess directly the importance of values and attitudes for women’s labour market participation and fertility decisions in 15 European countries. Finally, the comparison between the different paths followed by Italy and the Netherlands in the last thirty years is discussed as an example of how changes in the institutional settings in order to foster work-family reconciliation are deeply embedded within wider processes of social change.
Based on the developed theoretical framework and the results of the mentioned empirical analyses, the author attempts to integrate different streams of the literature and presents an argumentation about the complex interplay between interests, ideas and institutions underlying fertility and female labour market participation trends and patterns
The data of the European Values Study from 1981 towards 2026:Achievements, synergies, impact and future
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Gender equality values and cultural orientations
No full textThis contribution offers a comparative analysis of attitudes towards gender roles (GRA) in the domestic and public domains and their relation to cultural orientations. Using the novel alignment method, the factor means of GRA have been estimated while assessing for their measurement equivalence across the whole set of 34 countries included in the final release of EVS 2017. The results address the necessity of considering the multidimensionality of this concept. The country ranking showed that several countries support egalitarian gender roles in the public and domestic domains differently. In some cases, support for gender equality in the public sphere was expressed alongside traditional views in the private sphere, displaying, therefore, ambivalence between attitudes in these two domains. The Pearson correlations between GRA and the cultural values scores (Schwartz 2006) show that societies that emphasize the importance of the collective and status quo tend to support more traditional gender roles, both in the public and in the domestic domain. However, this relationship is stronger and clearer in the public domain. These findings suggest that the shift towards more egalitarian societies risks being slowed down if policies favor female economic and political participation but neglect the promotion of equality in the household
Labor mobility patterns over the life-course: A comparison of retrospective and prospective data in different labor markets
Full text linkThe educational divide in e-privacy skills in Europe
Full text linkResumen de la comunicación[EN] This work investigates the educational divide in e-privacy skills in Europe.
We ask whether the gap exists at the level of the individuals, and
subsequently we seek to frame it in the European context by using the
reflexive modernization theory. By using data from the Flash Eurobarometer
443 and implementing multilevel linear regression models, we confirm the
presence of an educational divide in Europe, although it is mediated by the
frequency of Internet use. Furthermore, the enhancement of e-privacy
protecting behaviors is more likely in highly reflexive countries. Yet, there
are no differences in terms of the size of the educational divide between
countries. The study contributes to the literature on the second-level digital
divide by focusing on e-privacy issues. Furthermore, this paper is among the
first in adopting a comparative perspective when studying e-privacy issues
and shows that in highly reflexive countries the educational digital divide in
e-privacy skills does not widen.Maineri, A.; Achterberg, P.; Luijkx, R. (2018). The educational divide in e-privacy skills in Europe. En 2nd International Conference on Advanced Reserach Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2018). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 253-253. https://doi.org/10.4995/CARMA2018.2018.8324OCS25325
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