Over the last decades, the life course approach has developed into a major research paradigm. The notion of life course provides a common field of research and a heuristic conceptual device aiming at studying individuals trajectories over time. In its modern version, the life course approach can...

This article examines the patterns of labour-market integration over the life course of men and women in seven European countries. We select a range of household categories coinciding with different phases in the life course and use the European Community Household Panel survey to identify four...

This article examines the patterns of labour market integration over the life course of men and women in seven European countries. We select a range of household categories coinciding with different phases in the life course and use the European Community Household Panel survey to identify four...

The current socio-economic, demographic and cultural changes under way in Europe are forcing changes in the way people organise their time and income over the life course. Such changes have raised concerns about the sustainability of existing social protection systems and about the need to adapt...