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Configurational studies on family exchanges

Configurational studies on family exchanges Abstract The configurational studies of this special issue trace complex patterns of interdependencies existing among family members and beyond households. They focus on the functional connections among spouses, children, siblings, and other relatives living in a variety of households. The main goal of this special issue is to reveal how some key decisions and exchanges occurring in family dyads, such as the marital and parent–child dyads, are embedded within a larger set of family and interpersonal exchanges that constitute configurations of their own in a variety of contexts. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Demographic Economics Cambridge University Press

Configurational studies on family exchanges

Journal of Demographic Economics , Volume 88 (2): 9 – Jun 1, 2022

Configurational studies on family exchanges

sThis special issue is dedicated to understanding exchanges in personal and family networks and their likely consequences for key demographic dimensions. The idea of linking family networks and such dimensions stems from scientific exchanges developed between two economists, one philosopher, and two sociologists during my prepandemic stay at the IMéRA Institute for Advanced Study in the Spring semester of 2019. In the wonderful context of IMéRA, Dr Ramses Abul Naga, Claire Bidart, Raouf Boucekkine, Pierre Livet, and I had several meaningful occasions to share ideas and hypotheses that envision the potential of a configurational approach of exchange issues in personal and family networks. These ideas were in direct connection with empirical work that several colleagues and I have been conducting for several years in the NCCR Lives, a large long-term research project on vulnerability in a life course perspective funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The NCCR Lives has endeavored to create new theoretical and empirical ways of understanding resilience factors for individuals facing stressful social contexts [Spini et al. (2017)]. Therefore, I was thrilled to be invited by Dr de la Croix to be guest editor of a special issue of the Journal of Demographic Economics on exchanges in family and personal configurations beyond the household. Obviously, the papers included in this special issue have been written and revised during the height of the pandemic without ever touching on this highly pressing issue. However, some of the results presented here have some relevance for understanding the relational resilience factors that individuals have employed to face the current collective hardships, as well as those likely to come.sThe configurational studies of this special issue trace complex patterns of exchanges existing among family members and beyond households. They focus on the functional connections among spouses, children, siblings, and other...
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Copyright
Copyright © Université catholique de Louvain 2022
ISSN
2054-0906
eISSN
2054-0892
DOI
10.1017/dem.2022.7
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Abstract

Abstract The configurational studies of this special issue trace complex patterns of interdependencies existing among family members and beyond households. They focus on the functional connections among spouses, children, siblings, and other relatives living in a variety of households. The main goal of this special issue is to reveal how some key decisions and exchanges occurring in family dyads, such as the marital and parent–child dyads, are embedded within a larger set of family and interpersonal exchanges that constitute configurations of their own in a variety of contexts.

Journal

Journal of Demographic EconomicsCambridge University Press

Published: Jun 1, 2022

Keywords: Family configurations

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