Family and Household Change

La atribución del uso de la vivienda familiar como medida dictada en los procedimientos
de crisis matrimoniales, genera no pocos conflictos en nuestros Tribunales. Además, las especiales
particularidades de la figura plantea problemas jurídicos de gran calado y cuya solución no está prevista por
nuestras normas. Todas estas cuestiones alcanzan mayor relevancia cuando el beneficiario de la atribución
del uso no es el titular ( ni cotitular) del inmueble. En esta obra, la autora desmenuza todas las situaciones en
las que puede manifestarse la situación descrita, exponiendo, con detalle, las posibles soluciones que, desde
nuestro ordenamiento jurídico, se pueden apuntar. Soluciones muchas de ellas novedosas, extraídas no sólo
del análisis de las normas en su conjunto, sino también de la reciente jurisprudencia del Tribunal Supremo y de
las Audiencias Provinciales. Con ella se pretende acercar al lector a la extensa problemática derivada de una
polémica medida por la que, en aras a la protección del interés de la familia, se priva al titular de un derecho de
la facultad de usar y disfrutar de la cosa sin recibir por ello contraprestación alguna. Asimismo, se busca en el
discurso el equilibrio entre los intereses en conflicto, haciendo prevalecer en uno u otro caso aquel considerado
más digno de protección, que no siempre coincide con el interés del núcleo familiar. En definitiva, esta obra no es
otra cosa que la reflexión sobre un conflicto real, producido por el Derecho, y resuelto, también, desde el Derecho.
ÍNDICE: Consideraciones previas. El uso de la vivienda arrendada: el art. 15 de la ley de arrendamientos urbanos. El uso de la vivienda propiedad del otro cónyuge. El uso de la vivienda de otros. El uso de la vivienda objeto de usufructo. Atribución del uso de la vivienda en las uniones de hecho. El quid de la cuestión: el contenido económico del derecho a usar la vivienda y sus consecuencias.

Brunei’s fertility transition has largely been under-researched, with only a handful of studies focusing on the direct and indirect determinants of fertility decline, and no existing demographic data or literature on fertility preferences. This chapter attempts to paint a picture of the changes that have been experienced by this little-known microstate, whose population has remained below half a million persons, and whose dramatic fertility decline resonates that of advanced economies. Yet Brunei has never implemented any population policy or family planning programmes that would have stimulated such changes. As the country advances further, it is clear that the maxim ‘development is the best contraceptive’ holds true. In particular, we look at the experiences of women from a macro and micro level, where shifting roles and improvements in socioeconomic status have prompted later ages at first marriage and increasing social acceptance towards having smaller families.

This article scrutinizes the recently postulated link between the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and economic success. Multivariate analysis of 4,705 demographic observations, covering women's marriage age, female lifetime celibacy, and household complexity in 39 European countries, shows that the most extreme manifestations of the EMP were associated with economic stagnation rather than growth. There is no evidence that the EMP improved economic performance by empowering women, increasing human capital investment, adjusting population to economic trends, or sustaining beneficial cultural norms. European economic success was not caused by the EMP and its sources must therefore be sought in other factors.

This paper scrutinizes the recently postulated link between the European Marriage Pattern (EMP) and economic success. A metastudy of the historical demography literature shows that the EMP did not prevail throughout Europe, its three key components did not always coincide, and its more extreme manifestations were associated with economic stagnation rather than growth. There is no evidence that the EMP improved economic performance by empowering women, increasing human capital investment, adjusting population to economic trends, or sustaining beneficial cultural norms. European economic success was not caused by the EMP and its sources must therefore be sought in other factors.

We investigated relationships between nonparental care and psychological strains of parenthood. Using data from employed parents of children below 5 years of age (n = 6,886 fathers and mothers) from Waves 4 to 11 of the household panel survey Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA), we constructed a parenting stress scale from the average of four items (α = .76) administered in the Self-Completion Questionnaire. We ran panel random-effects regression models testing associations between amount and type of nonparental care and parenting stress, for both mothers and fathers. We distinguished between formal care, informal and family care (mainly grandparents), and mixed care. Results showed that fathers and mothers' parenting stress is positively associated with hours of nonparental care, but that for both genders parenting stress is significantly lower if the care is provided by informal/family carers.