Patterns of Development in Work/Family Reconciliation Policies for Parents in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK in the 2000s

Work/family reconciliation policies have increasingly become part of employment-led social policy at both EU and Member State levels. Given this trend, we expected to see more attention to policies that unequivocally promote women's employment: childcare provision and the promotion of flexible...

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Published in:Social politics 2008-10, Vol.15 (3), p.261-286
Main Authors: Lewis, Jane, Knijn, Trudie, Martin, Claude, Ostner, Ilona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child care
Comparative Analysis
Development
Employment
Employment policies
European Union
Families & family life
Family
Family Policy
Family Work Relationship
Federal Republic of Germany
Flexible hours of work
France
Germany
Labour market participation
Netherlands
Parents
Parents & parenting
Social policy
United Kingdom
Women
Women's employment
Work
Work life balance
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Summary:Work/family reconciliation policies have increasingly become part of employment-led social policy at both EU and Member State levels. Given this trend, we expected to see more attention to policies that unequivocally promote women's employment: childcare provision and the promotion of flexible working, together with reform of leaves that permit labour market exit in order to care for children. Our examination of the nature of change in policy goals and instruments finds that developments have not been this straightforward, and that they can be related to existing (and differing) patterns of labour market behaviour and attitudes towards parental involvement in work and care.
ISSN:1072-4745
1468-2893
DOI:10.1093/sp/jxn016