RT info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis T1 Estudios sobre la vulnerabilidad de las familias monoparentales y su incidencia en el bienestar infantil A1 Pérez Corral, Antonio Luis A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Escuela de Doctorado K1 Economía - Aspectos sociológicos K1 Single parenthood K1 Monoparentalidad K1 Child well-being K1 Bienestar infantil K1 53 Ciencias Económicas K1 63 Sociología AB This doctoral thesis, carried out as a compendium of three published articles, has as its main objective to contribute to the study of the economic, labour and social vulnerability of single-parent families in the European context, paying special attention to the countries of the southern part of the continent. To address this global objective, we propose three specific objectives that are treated separately in each of the articles. The first one consists of determining how the deterioration of the Spanish labour market, as a result of the economic crisis of 2008, affected the labour intensity and income of two-parent and single-parent households. Few studies have analysed the labour impact of the Great Recession in households according to family structure, focusing mainly on the Anglo-Saxon sphere. Secondly, we examine the effect of single parenthood on child deprivation according to the educational level of the mothers in Italy and Spain. In this sense, the growth of single parenthood among women with a low educational level has been very recent in southern European countries, so knowledge of its consequences on child well-being is still limited. Finally, from a comparative European perspective, the relationship between the employment situation of parents of single-parent families and child deprivation is analysed. For this, the possible moderating effect of gender equality in the labour market and family benefits in this relationship is taken into account. With the results obtained, we intend to provide evidence on trends in inequalities between two-parent and single-parent households in countries such as Spain and Italy, as well as recommendations on family and gender policies that can improve the economic and employment situation of single-parent families. Given the lack of studies on these topics, it could prove very relevant and timely to provide information about the inequalities associated with family structure in southern Europe and about the contextual factors in European countries that can contribute to greater child material well-being in single-parent households. YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/59774 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/59774 LA spa NO Escuela de Doctorado DS UVaDOC RD 20-may-2024