Workforce transitions following childbearing in Australia • Jennifer A. Baxter, Australian Institute of Family Studies

Changes in family arrangements for entering the labour market in view of growing job instability and unemployment • Lilia T. Montali, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

The feminisation of the weekend: a comparative analysis • Harriet B. Presser, University of Maryland ; Janet Gornick, City University of New York at Baruch

Family formation in urban Africa in the context of crisis: the case of Dakar and Lome in West Africa • Donatien Beguy, Université de Paris X, Nanterre ; Philippe Antoine, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Economic uncertainty and family formation: evidence from German panel data • Michaela Kreyenfeld, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Dirk Konietzka, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research