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• catalog abstract ""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 guarantee access to high-quality care for their children. In most of these countries, policies encourage gender equality by strengthening mothers' ties to employment and encouraging fathers to spend more time caregiving at home." "In sharp contrast, Gornick and Meyers show how in the United States - an economy with high labor force participation among both fathers and mothers - parents are left to craft private solutions to the society-wide dilemma of "who will care for the children?" Parents - overwhelmingly mothers - must loosen their ties to the workplace to care for their children; workers are forced to negotiate with their employers, often unsuccessfully, for family leave and reduced work schedules; and parents must purchase care of dubious quality, at high prices, from consumer markets. By leaving child care solutions up to hard-pressed working parents, these private solutions exact a high price in terms of gender inequality in the workplace and at home, family stress and economic insecurity, and - not least - child well-being. Gornick and Meyers show that it is possible - based on the experiences of other countries - to enhance child well-being and to increase gender equality by promoting more extensive and egalitarian family leave, work-time, and child care policies."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
• catalog contributor b12968529.
• catalog contributor b12968530.
• catalog coverage "United States Social policy.".
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description ""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 guarantee access to high-quality care for their children. In most of these countries, policies encourage gender equality by strengthening mothers' ties to employment and encouraging fathers to spend more time caregiving at home." "In sharp contrast, Gornick and Meyers show how in the United States - an economy with high labor force participation among both fathers and mothers - parents are left to craft private solutions to the society-wide dilemma of "who will care for the children?" Parents - overwhelmingly mothers - must loosen their ties to the workplace to care for their children; workers are forced to negotiate with their employers, often unsuccessfully, for family leave and reduced work schedules; and parents must purchase care of dubious quality, at high prices, from consumer markets. By leaving child care solutions up to hard-pressed working parents, these private solutions exact a high price in terms of gender inequality in the workplace and at home, family stress and economic insecurity, and - not least - child well-being. Gornick and Meyers show that it is possible - based on the experiences of other countries - to enhance child well-being and to increase gender equality by promoting more extensive and egalitarian family leave, work-time, and child care policies."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. Introduction : the conflicts between earning and caring -- 2. The changing American family and the problem of private solutions -- 3. The United States in cross-national perspective : are parents and children doing better elsewhere? -- 4. Reconciling the conflicts : toward a dual-earner, dual-carer society -- 5. Ensuring time to care during the early years : family leave policy -- 6. Strengthening reduced-hour work : regulation of working time -- 7. Providing public care : child care, preschool, and public schooling -- 8. Does policy matter? : linking policies to outcomes -- 9. Developing earner-carer policies in the United States -- Appendix A. Description of cross-national data sets used -- Appendix B. Summary of selected European Union directives -- Appendix C. Construction of policy indexes.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-380) and index.".
• catalog extent "xii, 392 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0871543567 (hc)".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Russell Sage Foundation,".
• catalog spatial "United States Social policy.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "306.3/6 21".
• catalog subject "Children Services for United States.".
• catalog subject "HD4904.25 .G67 2003".
• catalog subject "Social policy Cross-cultural studies.".
• catalog subject "Work and family United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction : the conflicts between earning and caring -- 2. The changing American family and the problem of private solutions -- 3. The United States in cross-national perspective : are parents and children doing better elsewhere? -- 4. Reconciling the conflicts : toward a dual-earner, dual-carer society -- 5. Ensuring time to care during the early years : family leave policy -- 6. Strengthening reduced-hour work : regulation of working time -- 7. Providing public care : child care, preschool, and public schooling -- 8. Does policy matter? : linking policies to outcomes -- 9. Developing earner-carer policies in the United States -- Appendix A. Description of cross-national data sets used -- Appendix B. Summary of selected European Union directives -- Appendix C. Construction of policy indexes.".
• catalog title "Families that work : policies for reconciling parenthood and employment / Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers.".
• catalog type "Cross-cultural studies. fast".
• catalog type "text".