Families that work: policies for reconciling parenthood and employment

Ch. 1. Introduction: The Conflicts Between Earning and Caring

Ch. 2. The Changing American Family and the Problem of Private Solutions

Ch. 3. The United States in Cross-National Perspective: Are Parents and Children Doing Better Elsewhere?

Ch. 4. Reconciling the Conflicts: Toward a Dual-Earner - Dual-Carer Society

Ch. 5. Ensuring Time to Care During the Early Years: Family Leave Policy

Ch. 6. Strengthening Reduced-Hour Work: Regulation of Working Time

Ch. 7. Providing Public Care: Child Care, Preschool, and Public Schooling

Ch. 8. Does Policy Matter? Linking Policies to Outcomes

Ch. 9. Developing Earner-Carer Policies in the United States

App. A. Description of Cross-National Data Sets Used

App. B. Summary of Selected European Union Directives

App. C. Construction of Policy Indexes.