Title

The Economics of Work and Family

Year

2002

Abstract

Using an economic perspective, the contributors confront work/family issues including child care (potentially the biggest obstacle to parents successfully integrating work and family priorities), how parents balance time between work and family obligations, links between women's childbearing and their economic outcomes, the success of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the relationship between family structure and labor market outcomes. They also argue for specific policies designed to alleviate the stresses related to these issues.

Contents

Introduction / Jean Kimmel

  1. Federal Child Care Policy / David M. Blau
  2. Thinking about Child Care Policy / Barbara R. Bergmann
  3. Parents' Work Time and the Family / Cordelia W. Reimers
  4. Fertility, Public Policy, and Mothers in the Labor Force / Susan L. Averett
  5. How Family Structure Affects Labor Market Outcomes / Joyce P. Jacobsen
  6. Working for All Families? / Katherin [sic] Ross Phillips

ISBN

9780880992459 (pbk.) ; 9780880992466 (cloth)

Subject Areas

EDUCATION and TRAINING; Early childhood; Childcare; EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Nonstandard work arrangements