Family ideals in Italy and Spain: towards the end of the traditional Southern European family model? Abstract. This study explores what constitutes an ideal family in Italy and Spain, questioning the prevailing view that they are homogenous and traditional

Are family ideals in Southern Europe still “traditional”?

🚩New at ESR: experimental evidence by @arnsteinaassve.bsky.social #A_Adserà @bastianelli-e.bsky.social #AMencarini reveals a far more modern picture, with Spain showing more postmodern ideals than Italy!

at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf055

Family ideals in Italy and Spain: towards the end of the traditional Southern European family model? Abstract. This study explores what constitutes an ideal family in Italy and Spain, questioning the prevailing view that they are homogenous and traditional

Italy 🇮🇹 and Spain 🇪🇸 are often considered traditional and family-oriented countries.

Our findings however reveal largely modern family ideals in both, with more modern family ideals in Spain and notable differences by gender and education.

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Men and Women’s Employment Status and Union (In)stability: Does Contextual Gender Equality Matter? Employment status influences union dissolution, often in gender-specific ways. While theories suggest this relationship depends on contextual gender equality, empirical studies remain scarce. Italy...

Our new article (with Solera & Vignoli) shows that as gender equality increases, women’s employment becomes less detrimental to relationship stability, and employment-related differences diminish—even in Italy, often seen as a traditionally gendered society.

doi.org/10.1080/2837...

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In our new paper we show that social disadvantage remains to be an important factor for people's opposition against fuel taxes in Europe, in addition to political trust and climate change attitudes & social disadvantage is especially important in Southern and Eastern Europe doi.org/10.1177/0958...

My research group Gender Inequalities and Fertility @mpidr.bsky.social happily hosted Dr. Elena Bastianelli today who presented fascinating findings from a vignette study on the changing family ideals in Italy and Spain.