Families that work : policies for reconciling parenthood and employment / Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers.
"In many countries in Europe and in Canada, family leave policies grant parents paid time off to care for their young children, and labor market regulations go a long way toward ensuring that work does not overwhelm family obligations. In addition, early childhood education and care programs gu...
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
[2003]
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction: The Conflicts Between Earning and Caring
- Ch. 2. The Changing American Family and the Problem of Private Solutions
- Ch. 3. The United States in Cross-National Perspective: Are Parents and Children Doing Better Elsewhere?
- Ch. 4. Reconciling the Conflicts: Toward a Dual-Earner - Dual-Carer Society
- Ch. 5. Ensuring Time to Care During the Early Years: Family Leave Policy
- Ch. 6. Strengthening Reduced-Hour Work: Regulation of Working Time
- Ch. 7. Providing Public Care: Child Care, Preschool, and Public Schooling
- Ch. 8. Does Policy Matter? Linking Policies to Outcomes
- Ch. 9. Developing Earner-Carer Policies in the United States
- App. A. Description of Cross-National Data Sets Used
- App. B. Summary of Selected European Union Directives
- App. C. Construction of Policy Indexes.