[PDF] Between Work And Family In Germany And Europe eBook

Author : Lea-Sophie Borgmann
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,77 MB
Release : 2022
Category :
ISBN :

GET BOOK

Reconciling work and family roles is a topic of vital and controversial discussion in Western societies. When women and men fail to reconcile their work and family roles, the result is work-family conflict (WFC), which prior research has connected to various aspects of health and well-being. The present thesis consists of four publications, which include one review and three secondary data analyses. They both summarize the existing research on WFC and health in Europe and substantially contributes to the literature. Accordingly, the present study 1) narrows the research gap in longitudinal studies that examine the effect of WFC on health, 2) evaluates how societal structures such as reconciliation policies and gendered division of work affect WFC and health across European countries, and 3) analyzes gender differences in the association between WFC and health. Results show a relatively small number of publications come from the European region, which present associations between WFC and several aspects of health. However, gender differences are not thoroughly examined. When looking at (causal) associations over time, WFC has an effect on both general and mental health. While this association does not differ between European countries, the prevalence of WFC itself does. These differences in WFC reporting can be partly explained by country-level indicators of reconciliation policies. No gender differences in the association between WFC and health were observed in the empirical data, but an analysis of heterogeneity within the gender groups revealed that higher education may alleviate health-related burdens among men but not among women. Interpretation of results, methodological issues, and implications for policy and practice are discussed in light of recent pandemic-driven developments in WFC research and public discourse.

Author : Laura den Dulk
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Family policy
ISBN : 9789051704754

GET BOOK

The time that most women were full-time housewives has gone. European women today are well educated and have a strong orientation towards employment and career making. Balancing work and family care responsibilities is becoming an important issue in many households. Both women and men look for ways to combine tasks. Strategies aimed to reconcile employment and family life differ between countries and depend on the availability of work-family arrangements such as child care, leave, and flexible working hours. This volume discusses government and workplace policies designed to enable employees to combine paid work with family responsibilities in various national contexts. Experts from the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy and Sweden discuss the number and nature of facilities available in their country, the role of employers and the impact of the welfare state regime. The book gives an overview of the various political debates in Europe and of the provisions that have been realised. Questions raised are: how do government policies interact with practices of organisations? Is it true that an active public policy prevents firms from realising work-family arrangements or does it invite employers to create supplementary provisions? These and other questions explore ways in which reconciliation of work and family life can be achieved.

Author : R. Crompton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 2007-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0230800831

GET BOOK

Social changes including an increase in dual-earner families, declining fertility, and growing problems of work-life 'balance' are underway as more women, particularly mothers, enter and remain in paid employment. The authors explore this in a number of European countries (Britain, France, The Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Portugal).

Author : Ulla Björnberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,80 MB
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429860331

GET BOOK

Published in 1997, the aim of this study is to address comparative perspectives on gender and family life in western and eastern Europe. The focus is on the way in which family policy measures relating to the reconciliation of work and family are viewed and used by employed parents with small children. Another purpose is to consider how compatibility between family and employment is perceived by the parents, and its implications for partnership, gender balance, and parent-child relationships. The book also discusses the consequences and lessons which can be drawn from these studies for the purpose of family policy initiatives.

Author : Agnes Blome
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 37,7 MB
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 131755437X

GET BOOK

One of the fundamental challenges facing modern welfare states is the question of work-family reconciliation. An increasing share of mothers work, but many European welfare states do not adequately support the dual-earner model, especially in southern Europe. After 2005, German policy-makers transformed the nature of Germany’s family policy regime through a number of legislative measures, whilst Italy, a country with many similarities, witnessed little change. Using a multi-methods approach, this book addresses the puzzle of why Germany was able to implement far-reaching reforms in this policy area after a long impasse and Italy was not. As such, it delivers a broad, systematic account of these reforms and sheds light on why similar reforms were not also adopted in other similar welfare states at the same time. More generally, it contributes to understanding the determinants of welfare policy change in modern European welfare states. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and professionals working on topics linked to European politics, welfare and work-family policies, comparative politics, social policy, and more broadly to political science and gender studies.

Author : Triin Roosalu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 18,10 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137371099

GET BOOK

Given the growing importance of Eastern European countries in the development of the EU, there is an urgent need to reconstruct the recent dynamic developments in women's work and care in these societies, and the socio-political determinants thereof. Considering their specific cultural, economic and historical development, it can be assumed that the trends and determinants of women's labour market trajectories in CEE countries differ significantly from those in the other European countries that have frequently made up the basis for established theories in social and labour market research. This being the case, can 'standard' theoretical approaches, mostly modelled on evidence from Western Europe, be transferred to the analysis of Eastern European countries? This edited collection scrutinises pivotal aspects of women's careers in Eastern Europe, providing a detailed overview of trends and determinants of women's employment in Eastern Europe, and reflecting critically on theoretical approaches in social and labour market research.

Author : Banu Çitlak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 12,56 MB
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3658178574

GET BOOK

The authors focus on families who organize their lives in transnational social spaces within and at the outer borders of Europe, to offer a new perspective on transnational family life and to advance the knowledge on borders drawn by social inequality, discrimination and political exclusion. They also discuss social mobility as inheriting different life worlds, while crossing borders. The research on the socialization of children, raised in different societies provides a better understanding of the new generations in Europe from the beginning of the XXI c. The variety of methods presented in this book is also a contribution to link Western and Eastern European perspectives as well as sociology and anthropology in order to capture a wider spectrum of social reality.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 19,82 MB
Release : 2017-02-20
Category :
ISBN : 9264259155

GET BOOK

This review introduces the background to and issues at stake in promoting equal partnerships in families in Germany.