Social policy, employment and family change in comparative perspective

"This book is a comparative study of family change, parental employment and social policy in the five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. In all these countries family forms have been profoundly affected by lower fertility rates, lower marriage rates, increased co...

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Main Authors: Bradshaw, Jonathan, Hatland, Aksel
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham 2006
Edward Elgar
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19293308124910115809-Social-policy,-employment-and-.htm
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Hatland, Aksel
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Hatland, Aksel
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description "This book is a comparative study of family change, parental employment and social policy in the five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. In all these countries family forms have been profoundly affected by lower fertility rates, lower marriage rates, increased cohabitation, higher risks of relationship breakdown and episodes of lone parenthood. These changes have also been linked to an increase in the proportion of mothers participating in the labour market. "
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geographic Denmark
Finland
Germany
Iceland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
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is_hierarchy_title Social policy, employment and family change in comparative perspective
language English
physical VIII, 309 p.
Paper
publishDate 2006
publisher Cheltenham
Edward Elgar
spellingShingle Bradshaw, Jonathan
Hatland, Aksel
comparison
employment
social policy
statistics
welfare state
work-life balance
Social policy, employment and family change in comparative perspective
title Social policy, employment and family change in comparative perspective
topic comparison
employment
social policy
statistics
welfare state
work-life balance
url https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19293308124910115809-Social-policy,-employment-and-.htm