A significant portion of Australia's workforce operates under either fixed-term or casual contracts. Our newest research in Australia aimed to evaluate the effect of these employment forms on starting a family.
We find:
- Men are less likely to have their first child when employed in fixed-term/casual contracts
- The impact of fixed-term contracts is nearly TWICE as strong as that of casual employment.
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https://academic.oup.com/sf/advance-article/doi/10.1093/sf/soad008/7017417