Childbearing dynamics of couples in a universalistic welfare state

This article studies childbearing dynamics by labor-market status of co-residing parents in Sweden. We apply event-history techniques to longitudinal register data on the life histories of foreign-born mothers from ten different countries and the partners to these women, as well as to a sample of Swedish-born mothers and their partners. The context is a universalistic welfare state geared towards gender and social equality where formal social rights are largely independent of a person’s civil status, citizenship, and country of origin. We investigate the extent to which the associations of parents’ labor-market status with childbearing in Sweden differ between women and men and by country of origin. We find that the patterns of association are fairly similar on both of these individual dimensions. As measured by the way the labor-market activity of parents is related to their subsequent childbearing, we find evidence of equality by gender and at least some evidence of integration of immigrants into the dynamics of Swedish society.fertility, immigrants, labor-market status, Sweden

Childbearing dynamics of couples in a universalistic welfare state: the role of labor-market status, country of origin, and gender

In this paper, we provide a study of childbearing dynamics by the labor-market status of co-residing one- and two-child parents in Sweden. We apply event-history techniques to longitudinal register data on life histories of foreign-born mothers from ten different countries and the partners to these women as well as a sample of Swedish-born mothers and their partners. Our context is a universalistic welfare state geared towards gender and social equality where formal social rights largely are independent of a person’s civil status, citizenship, and country of origin. We investigate to what extent the associations of parents’ labor-market status with childbearing in Sweden differ between women and men and by country of origin. We find that patterns of association are fairly similar on both these personal dimensions. As measured by the way labor-market activity of parents is related to their subsequent childbearing behavior, we find striking evidence of equality by gender as well as some evidence of integration of immigrants into the dynamics of Swedish society.Sweden, fertility, immigrants

Workplace, Human Capital and Ethnic Determinants of Sickness Absence in Sweden, 1993–2001

This study charts the differences between the sickness absence of immigrants and Swedes during a period when a flourishing labour market in the beginning of the 1990s turned into a tense and problematic one. We consider not only human capital factors for various immigrant groups and natives, but also workplace conditions and macro level factors. Using register based information on 100,000 individuals for the period 1992-2001, we find large differences in sickness absence between natives and several immigrant groups and that these differences persist after controlling for human capital, workplace factors, and macro economic factors.immigration, health, sickness benefits, labour market, integration

The Choctaw 'Net Proceeds' Delegation and the Treaty of 1855

A period of intense three-way negotiation between the United States Government, the Choctaw Nation, and the Chickasaw Nation began April 10, 1855. The issues under consideration were the Choctaw's desire for the "net proceeds" from the sale of lands in Mississippi ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830), the political autonomy desired by the Chickasaws residing in the Choctaw Nation, and the lease of land in the western portion of the Choctaw Nation to the United States for "the permanent settlement of the Wichita and such other tribes or bands of Indians as the government may desire to locate therein."1 The purpose of this paper is to explore the interconnected nature of these three issues and their historical context, the relative weakness of the Choctaw's negotiating position vis-à-vis the United States and the Chickasaw delegation, and the culmination of these negotiations in the Treaty of 1855. As an example of the treaty-making process, the negotiations of 1855 reveal the legalistic fiction that was at the heart of the process; a process ultimately ended by Congress in 1871

Editor's Note

The third volume of the Fairmount Folio is the result of the contributions of many individuals. The Folio is open to students and graduates of all departments and disciplines, provided their work is on an historically significant topic. I am particularly grateful to those who submitted papers for the selection process. The process of selecting papers, as well as of critiquing and revising those selected, is rigorous and time-consuming. I wish to thank all those on the editorial board who contributed their time and expertise, as well as the supervising faculty, Professors Helen Hundley and William Klunder, for their invaluable contributions.Our congratulations go out to the authors of the selected papers and the departmental award-winning papers which are also included in this volume. I wish to thank all those on the editorial board and especially to Wichita State University and the history department.The Fairmount Folio provides an opportunity to students and others to contribute to a reviewed journal. Building as it does on the solid foundation laid by the editors and contributors to the first two volumes, I kust that this volume continues their fine work and that it will contribute to the continuing success of this journal.Special thanks are extended to Diane Scott and Tomas Zahora.Kirk Scot

The Two-Edged Sword: Slavery and the Commerce Clause, 1837-1852

Between 1837 and 1852, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was severly divided over the scope of national authority to regulate interstate commerce. Although the Taney Court decided only one case that directly involved the question of slavery and interstate commerce (Groves v. Slaughter), the purpose of this paper is to explore the Court's treatment of interstate commerce during this period and the influence of the growing slavery controversy on that treatment