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Do financial incentives boost fertility in the long term?
Lidia Cruces and F. Javier Rodríguez Román, Goethe Universität Frankfurt;
The «cheque bebé» was a payment designed to incentivise the birth rate, however its effect was limited. Although it helped some families to decide, difficulty in reconciling work and motherhood has continued to be the main obstacle to having more children.
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Do family-friendly policies raise fertility? The role of firms in Spain*
Olympia Bover, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI); Nezih Guner y Carlos Sanz, CEMFI and Banco de España; Yuliya Kulikova, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Alessandro Ruggieri, CUNEF Universidad;
Work-life balance policies that strengthen job stability can contribute to increasing fertility by improving compatibility between work and motherhood, but they also pose challenges for female recruitment.
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Households in transition in Spain and Portugal
Jesús García, Albert Esteve and Juan Galeano, CED;
Households in Spain and Portugal underwent significant change between 1991 and 2022. This report shows how the average household size has decreased, the number of single-person households has increased, and shared living structures have undergone transformation according to age and gender.
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Suicidal behaviour among young students in Catalonia: risk and protective factors
Regina Vila-Badia, Arnau Carmona, Queralt Sales, Jordi Mestres, Ariadna Corbella, Alícia Colomer and Judith Usall, (Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu);
In recent years, suicidal behaviours among young people have become consolidated as one of the main causes of non-natural deaths in this age group. This study analyses the prevalence of such behaviours and the associated risk and protection factors in students aged between 16 and 22 years in Catalonia.
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Emotional well-being in children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their families
Mari Aguilera, Universitat de Barcelona; Nadia Ahufinger, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya; Ernesto Guerra, Universidad de Chile; Oriol Verdaguer-Ribas, Universitat de Barcelona; in collaboration with the Associació Catalana de la Dislèxia and the Associació de Famílies amb Dificultats d’Aprenentatge a Catalunya;
How do children with neurodevelopmental disorders feel emotionally? This study reveals more depression, anxiety, and difficulties regulating emotions, especially when there are multiple diagnoses, and calls for including families as a key part of of assessment and intervention.
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Gender gaps in the valuation of working conditions
Lídia Farré, CSIC; Marta Curull, Universitat de Barcelona; Laia Maynou, Universitat de Barcelona; & Libertad González, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and BSE;
What is more important than salary? Flexibility, short commutes, and a good working environment... although the biggest difference emerges when safety against harassment comes into play.