L S Olah
Biographic Data
| ID | 192306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L S Olah |
| GIVEN NAMES | L S |
| FAMILY NAME | Olah |
| SIGNATURE | OLAH L S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9698-5665 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 341 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Unequal Chores, Unequal Joy? Perceptions of Housework Satisfaction in Spain and Sweden
Despite advances in gender equality, the division of domestic labour remains unequal to women’s disadvantage, with significant consequences for individual well-being and couple relationships. This article analyses the satisfaction with the division of housework among heterosexual couples in Spain and Sweden, two countries with contrasting institutional and normative contexts regarding gender equality. Drawing on harmonised data from the 2018 Span…
Introduction to the Special Collection on The new roles of women and men and implications for families and societies
This is the introduction to a special collection of articles produced within a large-scale collaborative research project, FamiliesAndSocieties, funded by the European Unionâ s Seventh Framework Programme in 2013â 2017
Living-Apart-Together (LAT) in Contemporary Sweden: (How) Does It Relate to Vulnerability
Sweden is among the countries with the highest share of single households in Europe, but not all are truly partnerless. We examine the potential vulnerability of individuals in living-apart-together relationships at age 30 and above, analyzing data from the Swedish GGS. We apply multinomial logistic regression. The results show that individuals engaging in LAT occupy an intermediate position in terms of socioeconomic resources (homeownership and …
Patterns of Co‐Residential Relationships Across Cohorts in Post‐Socialist Countries: Less Time for Childbearing
Co‐residential partnerships are a pre‐condition for childbearing and less time is spent in these unions when there is difficulty finding partners, a delay in union formation, and partnership instability. Our study explores patterns in co‐residential partnerships across birth cohorts in 11 post‐socialist countries to assess changes in the number of years spent in these partnerships and the patterns underlying any trend. Using the Harmonized Histor…
Fragile Pronatalism and Reproductive Futures in European Post‐Socialist Contexts
This editorial seeks to define fragile pronatalism by highlighting why pronatalism in the examined Central and Eastern European post‐socialist countries should be considered fragile. Moreover, it aims to map desirable future changes in fertility policies in the region. Following a brief presentation of the articles contained in this thematic issue, our concluding thoughts complete this editorial
Childbearing among Polish migrant women and their descendants in Sweden: An origin-destination country approach
This paper examines the childbearing behaviour of Polish migrant women and their descendants in Sweden. Also considering stayers in the country of origin, we rely on a country-of-origin and country-of-destination approach in a careful examination regarding the relevance of three hypotheses on migrant fertility: the socialisation, selection, and adaptation hypotheses. We analyse the transitions to first and second births based on a piecewise expon…
Cash support vs. tax incentives: The differential impact of policy interventions on third births in contemporary Hungary
Following steep falls in birth rates in Central and Eastern European countries during the economic and institutional restructuring of the early 1990s, governments made substantial efforts to stop or at least reduce the fertility decline. In Hungary, parents with three or more children could benefit from specific new policy measures: the flat-rate child-rearing support paid from the youngest child's third to eighth birthdays (signalling recognitio…
Doing gender and gender equality' through emotional expressions during a research interview. Views of highly educated Swedish young adults
The aim of this article is to contribute to the knowledge on how concepts of gender and gender equality are constructed within research interviews, deepening our understanding of the underlying gender system in society. We focus on emotions and emotional processes expressed during interviews on work and family when specific questions originating in the World Value Survey were asked. Our study is based on interviews with highly educated women and …
Economic uncertainty and first-birth intentions in Europe
The demographic challenge Europe is facing due to long-term low fertility, accompanied by pronounced economic uncertainty, indicates the need for adequate policy response based on a thorough understanding of the economic uncertaintyâ fertility decisionsâ pub
Postindustrial Fertility Ideals, Intentions, and Gender Inequality: A Comparative Qualitative Analysis
We are grateful for financial support from the National Science Foundation (grant no. SES1123885) to Mary Brinton for the Japanese, Spanish, and U.S. portions of the project and from the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University for additional support of the Japan portion of the project. We also appreciate the financial support from the Agency for Administration of Universi…
Gender Equality Perceptions, Division of Paid and Unpaid Work, and Partnership Dissolution in Sweden
With the increase in female employment and the decrease in gender labor specialization, there has also been a marked change in gender role attitudes. An increasing proportion of women and men has come to prefer gender egalitarianism. Yet a marked gender division of labor persists. Here, we study the interplay between individual gender role attitudes and behavior in terms of sharing paid and unpaid work with one's partner, and implications for par…
"Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "YES
This paper is based on my contribution to a debate, organized by MPIDR, on the question displayed in the title above. I was asked to present arguments for the "yes"-response (together with Laurent Toulemon, and arguing against the "no"-side represented
Reconciling studies of men's gender attitudes and fertility: Response to Westoff and Higgins
A reflexion by Westoff and Higgins (2009) in response to a study by Puur, Oláh, Tazi-Preve and Dorbritz (2008) has been recently published in this journal. Both articles addressed the relationship between menâ s gender attitudes and fertility, using dif
Men's childbearing desires and views of the male role in Europe at the dawn of the 21st century
The development of modern family patterns of the past decades has been accompanied by substantial changes in social norms, values and gender relations. There is theoretical support for the assumption that the persistence of low fertility levels across
Sweden: Combining childbearing and gender equality
Sweden is the forerunner of the Second Demographic Transition. Fertility trends have fluctuated greatly since the 1960s, and the 1990s showed both European-highest and lowest-ever-in-Sweden levels, while the cohort pattern has been relatively stable. P
Birthstrikes? Agency and Capabilities in the Reconciliation of Employment and Family
The purpose of this article is to analyze women's agency and fertility decisions in the context of policy configurations in welfare states for reconciling employment with having and caring for children and the changing aspirations and expectations forgender equality in families. Employing the concept of birthstriking, inspired by Amartaya Sen's ideas on capabilities and agency freedom, we consider which individuals and families in the 1990s are d…
Becoming a Mother in Hungary and Poland during State Socialism
In this paper, we study the transition to motherhood in the first co-residential union in the dual-earner context of state socialism, namely in Hungary and Poland between the late 1960s and the end of the 1980s. Our analyses are based on data extracted
Gendering fertility: Second births in Sweden and Hungary
Coresidential paternal roles in industrialized countries: Sweden, Hungary and the United States
There have been dramatic changes in family patterns throughout the industrialized world during the last third of the twentieth century. Male–female relationships have become less committed, at least as indicated by the rapid rise in divorce and in cohabitation, which in most countries also involves less commitment than marriage. The couple relationship has become a much less central and stable element in adults' lives, both for men and for women.
Policy changes and family stability: The Swedish case
During the last few decades, policies concerning family dissolution and gender equality have changed radically in Sweden accompanied by growing family instability. This development raises the question whether policies influence family behaviour. By analysing data on families with children, extracted from the Swedish Family Survey of 1992-93, some interesting policy effects are detected. Although the no-fault divorce law had hardly any long-term e…
Gender and family stability: Dissolution of the first parental union in Sweden and Hungary
The increasing trend of partnership disruption among families with children in recent decades has been accompanied by substantial changes in traditional gender roles in industrialized countries. Yet, relatively little is known about the effects of chan
Sweden, the Middle Way: A Feminist Approach
Gendering fertility: Second births in Sweden and Hungary
Postindustrial Fertility Ideals, Intentions, and Gender Inequality: A Comparative Qualitative Analysis
We are grateful for financial support from the National Science Foundation (grant no. SES1123885) to Mary Brinton for the Japanese, Spanish, and U.S. portions of the project and from the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University for additional support of the Japan portion of the project. We also appreciate the financial support from the Agency for Administration of Universi…
Sweden: Combining childbearing and gender equality
Sweden is the forerunner of the Second Demographic Transition. Fertility trends have fluctuated greatly since the 1960s, and the 1990s showed both European-highest and lowest-ever-in-Sweden levels, while the cohort pattern has been relatively stable. P
Reconciling studies of men's gender attitudes and fertility: Response to Westoff and Higgins
A reflexion by Westoff and Higgins (2009) in response to a study by Puur, Oláh, Tazi-Preve and Dorbritz (2008) has been recently published in this journal. Both articles addressed the relationship between menâ s gender attitudes and fertility, using dif
Men's childbearing desires and views of the male role in Europe at the dawn of the 21st century
The development of modern family patterns of the past decades has been accompanied by substantial changes in social norms, values and gender relations. There is theoretical support for the assumption that the persistence of low fertility levels across
Gender Equality Perceptions, Division of Paid and Unpaid Work, and Partnership Dissolution in Sweden
With the increase in female employment and the decrease in gender labor specialization, there has also been a marked change in gender role attitudes. An increasing proportion of women and men has come to prefer gender egalitarianism. Yet a marked gender division of labor persists. Here, we study the interplay between individual gender role attitudes and behavior in terms of sharing paid and unpaid work with one's partner, and implications for par…
Gender and family stability: Dissolution of the first parental union in Sweden and Hungary
The increasing trend of partnership disruption among families with children in recent decades has been accompanied by substantial changes in traditional gender roles in industrialized countries. Yet, relatively little is known about the effects of chan
Economic uncertainty and first-birth intentions in Europe
The demographic challenge Europe is facing due to long-term low fertility, accompanied by pronounced economic uncertainty, indicates the need for adequate policy response based on a thorough understanding of the economic uncertaintyâ fertility decisionsâ pub
Birthstrikes? Agency and Capabilities in the Reconciliation of Employment and Family
The purpose of this article is to analyze women's agency and fertility decisions in the context of policy configurations in welfare states for reconciling employment with having and caring for children and the changing aspirations and expectations forgender equality in families. Employing the concept of birthstriking, inspired by Amartaya Sen's ideas on capabilities and agency freedom, we consider which individuals and families in the 1990s are d…
Childbearing among Polish migrant women and their descendants in Sweden: An origin-destination country approach
This paper examines the childbearing behaviour of Polish migrant women and their descendants in Sweden. Also considering stayers in the country of origin, we rely on a country-of-origin and country-of-destination approach in a careful examination regarding the relevance of three hypotheses on migrant fertility: the socialisation, selection, and adaptation hypotheses. We analyse the transitions to first and second births based on a piecewise expon…
Becoming a Mother in Hungary and Poland during State Socialism
In this paper, we study the transition to motherhood in the first co-residential union in the dual-earner context of state socialism, namely in Hungary and Poland between the late 1960s and the end of the 1980s. Our analyses are based on data extracted
"Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "YES
This paper is based on my contribution to a debate, organized by MPIDR, on the question displayed in the title above. I was asked to present arguments for the "yes"-response (together with Laurent Toulemon, and arguing against the "no"-side represented
Cash support vs. tax incentives: The differential impact of policy interventions on third births in contemporary Hungary
Following steep falls in birth rates in Central and Eastern European countries during the economic and institutional restructuring of the early 1990s, governments made substantial efforts to stop or at least reduce the fertility decline. In Hungary, parents with three or more children could benefit from specific new policy measures: the flat-rate child-rearing support paid from the youngest child's third to eighth birthdays (signalling recognitio…
Sweden, the Middle Way: A Feminist Approach
Introduction to the Special Collection on The new roles of women and men and implications for families and societies
This is the introduction to a special collection of articles produced within a large-scale collaborative research project, FamiliesAndSocieties, funded by the European Unionâ s Seventh Framework Programme in 2013â 2017
Policy changes and family stability: The Swedish case
During the last few decades, policies concerning family dissolution and gender equality have changed radically in Sweden accompanied by growing family instability. This development raises the question whether policies influence family behaviour. By analysing data on families with children, extracted from the Swedish Family Survey of 1992-93, some interesting policy effects are detected. Although the no-fault divorce law had hardly any long-term e…
Living-Apart-Together (LAT) in Contemporary Sweden: (How) Does It Relate to Vulnerability
Sweden is among the countries with the highest share of single households in Europe, but not all are truly partnerless. We examine the potential vulnerability of individuals in living-apart-together relationships at age 30 and above, analyzing data from the Swedish GGS. We apply multinomial logistic regression. The results show that individuals engaging in LAT occupy an intermediate position in terms of socioeconomic resources (homeownership and …
Fragile Pronatalism and Reproductive Futures in European Post‐Socialist Contexts
This editorial seeks to define fragile pronatalism by highlighting why pronatalism in the examined Central and Eastern European post‐socialist countries should be considered fragile. Moreover, it aims to map desirable future changes in fertility policies in the region. Following a brief presentation of the articles contained in this thematic issue, our concluding thoughts complete this editorial
Sweden, the Middle Way: A Feminist Approach
Policy changes and family stability: The Swedish case
During the last few decades, policies concerning family dissolution and gender equality have changed radically in Sweden accompanied by growing family instability. This development raises the question whether policies influence family behaviour. By analysing data on families with children, extracted from the Swedish Family Survey of 1992-93, some interesting policy effects are detected. Although the no-fault divorce law had hardly any long-term e…
Gender and family stability: Dissolution of the first parental union in Sweden and Hungary
The increasing trend of partnership disruption among families with children in recent decades has been accompanied by substantial changes in traditional gender roles in industrialized countries. Yet, relatively little is known about the effects of chan
Coresidential paternal roles in industrialized countries: Sweden, Hungary and the United States
There have been dramatic changes in family patterns throughout the industrialized world during the last third of the twentieth century. Male–female relationships have become less committed, at least as indicated by the rapid rise in divorce and in cohabitation, which in most countries also involves less commitment than marriage. The couple relationship has become a much less central and stable element in adults' lives, both for men and for women.
Gendering fertility: Second births in Sweden and Hungary
Becoming a Mother in Hungary and Poland during State Socialism
In this paper, we study the transition to motherhood in the first co-residential union in the dual-earner context of state socialism, namely in Hungary and Poland between the late 1960s and the end of the 1980s. Our analyses are based on data extracted
Birthstrikes? Agency and Capabilities in the Reconciliation of Employment and Family
The purpose of this article is to analyze women's agency and fertility decisions in the context of policy configurations in welfare states for reconciling employment with having and caring for children and the changing aspirations and expectations forgender equality in families. Employing the concept of birthstriking, inspired by Amartaya Sen's ideas on capabilities and agency freedom, we consider which individuals and families in the 1990s are d…
Men's childbearing desires and views of the male role in Europe at the dawn of the 21st century
The development of modern family patterns of the past decades has been accompanied by substantial changes in social norms, values and gender relations. There is theoretical support for the assumption that the persistence of low fertility levels across
Sweden: Combining childbearing and gender equality
Sweden is the forerunner of the Second Demographic Transition. Fertility trends have fluctuated greatly since the 1960s, and the 1990s showed both European-highest and lowest-ever-in-Sweden levels, while the cohort pattern has been relatively stable. P
Reconciling studies of men's gender attitudes and fertility: Response to Westoff and Higgins
A reflexion by Westoff and Higgins (2009) in response to a study by Puur, Oláh, Tazi-Preve and Dorbritz (2008) has been recently published in this journal. Both articles addressed the relationship between menâ s gender attitudes and fertility, using dif
"Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "YES
This paper is based on my contribution to a debate, organized by MPIDR, on the question displayed in the title above. I was asked to present arguments for the "yes"-response (together with Laurent Toulemon, and arguing against the "no"-side represented
Gender Equality Perceptions, Division of Paid and Unpaid Work, and Partnership Dissolution in Sweden
With the increase in female employment and the decrease in gender labor specialization, there has also been a marked change in gender role attitudes. An increasing proportion of women and men has come to prefer gender egalitarianism. Yet a marked gender division of labor persists. Here, we study the interplay between individual gender role attitudes and behavior in terms of sharing paid and unpaid work with one's partner, and implications for par…
Economic uncertainty and first-birth intentions in Europe
The demographic challenge Europe is facing due to long-term low fertility, accompanied by pronounced economic uncertainty, indicates the need for adequate policy response based on a thorough understanding of the economic uncertaintyâ fertility decisionsâ pub
Postindustrial Fertility Ideals, Intentions, and Gender Inequality: A Comparative Qualitative Analysis
We are grateful for financial support from the National Science Foundation (grant no. SES1123885) to Mary Brinton for the Japanese, Spanish, and U.S. portions of the project and from the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University for additional support of the Japan portion of the project. We also appreciate the financial support from the Agency for Administration of Universi…
Doing gender and gender equality' through emotional expressions during a research interview. Views of highly educated Swedish young adults
The aim of this article is to contribute to the knowledge on how concepts of gender and gender equality are constructed within research interviews, deepening our understanding of the underlying gender system in society. We focus on emotions and emotional processes expressed during interviews on work and family when specific questions originating in the World Value Survey were asked. Our study is based on interviews with highly educated women and …
Cash support vs. tax incentives: The differential impact of policy interventions on third births in contemporary Hungary
Following steep falls in birth rates in Central and Eastern European countries during the economic and institutional restructuring of the early 1990s, governments made substantial efforts to stop or at least reduce the fertility decline. In Hungary, parents with three or more children could benefit from specific new policy measures: the flat-rate child-rearing support paid from the youngest child's third to eighth birthdays (signalling recognitio…
Patterns of Co‐Residential Relationships Across Cohorts in Post‐Socialist Countries: Less Time for Childbearing
Co‐residential partnerships are a pre‐condition for childbearing and less time is spent in these unions when there is difficulty finding partners, a delay in union formation, and partnership instability. Our study explores patterns in co‐residential partnerships across birth cohorts in 11 post‐socialist countries to assess changes in the number of years spent in these partnerships and the patterns underlying any trend. Using the Harmonized Histor…
Fragile Pronatalism and Reproductive Futures in European Post‐Socialist Contexts
This editorial seeks to define fragile pronatalism by highlighting why pronatalism in the examined Central and Eastern European post‐socialist countries should be considered fragile. Moreover, it aims to map desirable future changes in fertility policies in the region. Following a brief presentation of the articles contained in this thematic issue, our concluding thoughts complete this editorial
Childbearing among Polish migrant women and their descendants in Sweden: An origin-destination country approach
This paper examines the childbearing behaviour of Polish migrant women and their descendants in Sweden. Also considering stayers in the country of origin, we rely on a country-of-origin and country-of-destination approach in a careful examination regarding the relevance of three hypotheses on migrant fertility: the socialisation, selection, and adaptation hypotheses. We analyse the transitions to first and second births based on a piecewise expon…
Introduction to the Special Collection on The new roles of women and men and implications for families and societies
This is the introduction to a special collection of articles produced within a large-scale collaborative research project, FamiliesAndSocieties, funded by the European Unionâ s Seventh Framework Programme in 2013â 2017
Living-Apart-Together (LAT) in Contemporary Sweden: (How) Does It Relate to Vulnerability
Sweden is among the countries with the highest share of single households in Europe, but not all are truly partnerless. We examine the potential vulnerability of individuals in living-apart-together relationships at age 30 and above, analyzing data from the Swedish GGS. We apply multinomial logistic regression. The results show that individuals engaging in LAT occupy an intermediate position in terms of socioeconomic resources (homeownership and …
Unequal Chores, Unequal Joy? Perceptions of Housework Satisfaction in Spain and Sweden
Despite advances in gender equality, the division of domestic labour remains unequal to women’s disadvantage, with significant consequences for individual well-being and couple relationships. This article analyses the satisfaction with the division of housework among heterosexual couples in Spain and Sweden, two countries with contrasting institutional and normative contexts regarding gender equality. Drawing on harmonised data from the 2018 Span…
Sociology (19 works) · Economics (16 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (15 works) · Demographic economics (14 works) · Demography (14 works) · Population (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Fertility (12 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (10 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (9 works)