Families That Work: Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment

Contents

Contents About the Authors ix Acknowledgments xi Chapter 1 Introduction: The Conflicts Between Earning and Caring 1 Chapter 2 The Changing American Family and the Problem of Private Solutions 24 Chapter 3 The United States in Cross-National Perspective: Are Parents and Children Doing Better Elsewhere? 58 Chapter 4 Reconciling the Conflicts: Toward a Dual-Earner— Dual-Carer Society 84 Chapter 5 Ensuring Time to Care During the Early Years: Family Leave Policy 112 Chapter 6 Strengthening Reduced-Hour Work: Regulation of Working Time 147 Chapter 7 Providing Public Care: Child Care, Preschool, and Public Schooling 185 Chapter 8 Does Policy Matter? Linking Policies to Outcomes 236 Chapter 9 Developing Earner-Carer Policies in the United States 268 Appendix A Description of Cross-National Data Sets Used 305 Appendix B Summary of Selected European Union Directives 309 Appendix C Construction of Policy Indexes 315 Notes 321 References 351 Index 381 ...