Ties that Bind: Cultural Interpretations of Delayed Adulthood in Western Europe and Japan1

Throughout the developed world, young adults hit hard by declining labor market opportunities and rising housing costs have been staying in the natal home. Particularly hard hit are the weak welfare states of southern Europe and Japan, while the social democracies have continued to support the resid...

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Published in:Sociological forum (Randolph, N.J.) N.J.), 2008-12, Vol.23 (4), p.645-669
Main Author: Newman, Katherine S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
cultural interpretation
delayed adulthood
Demography
Europe
household formation
Japan
Labor Market
labor market adaptations
life course
western Europe
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Summary:Throughout the developed world, young adults hit hard by declining labor market opportunities and rising housing costs have been staying in the natal home. Particularly hard hit are the weak welfare states of southern Europe and Japan, while the social democracies have continued to support the residential independence of young people at very early ages. This article considers the divergent cultural interpretations of this pattern of “delayed departure” in order to show that the same demographic configurations may be coded quite differently.
ISSN:0884-8971
1573-7861
DOI:10.1111/j.1573-7861.2008.00089.x