The impact of family policy and career interruptions on women's perceptions of the negative occupational consequences of full-time home care

European Societies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-256

  Ejrnæs, Anders ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Employment pattern; EU comparison; Family policy; Parental leave; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956300724     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2010.514354     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Abrahamsen, P., Boje, T. P. and Greve, B. (2005) Welfare and Families in Europe, Burlington: Ashgate.
2. Anttonen, A. and Sipilä, J. (1996) 'European social care services: Is it possible to identify models?', Journal of European Social Policy 6(2): 87-100.
3. Bettio, F. and Plantenga, J. (2004) 'Comparing care regimes in Europe', Feminist Economics 10(1): 85-113.
4. Cousins, C. (2000) 'Women and employment in southern Europe: The implications of recent policy and labour market directions', South European Society and Politics 5(1): 97-122.
5. Daly, M. and Rake, K. (2003) Gender and the Welfare State: Care, Work and Welfare in Europe and the USA, Cambridge: Polity Press.
6. De Henau, J., Meulders, D. and O'Dorchai, S. (2008) 'Parents' care and career. Comparing parental leave policies across EU-15', in D. Del Boca and C. Wetzels (eds), Social Policies, Labour Markets and Motherhood: a Comparative Analysis of European Countries, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 63-106.
7. Ejrnæs, A. and Boje, T. (forthcoming) 'Family policy and welfare regimes', in Europeanization, Care and Gender, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
8. Esping-Andersen, G. (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Oxford: Polity Press.
9. Esping-Andersen, G. (1999) Social Foundations of Post-industrial Economies, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
10. Esping-Andersen, G. (2009) The Incomplete Revolution: Adapting to Women's New Roles, Cambridge: Polity Press.
11. Ester, P., Muffels, R., Schippers, J. and Wilthagen, T. (2008) Innovating European Labour Markets. Dynamics and Perspectives, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
12. Fagan, C. and Hebson, G. (2005) Making Work Pay' Debates from a Gender Perspective: A Comparative Review of Some Recent Policy Reforms in Thirty European Countries, Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
13. Fraser, N. (1994) 'After the family wage: Gender equity and the welfare state', Political Theory 22(4): 591-618.
14. Gornick, J. C. (2000) 'Family policy and mothers' employment -cross national variation', in T. P. Boje and A. Leira (eds), Gender, Welfare State and the Market, London: Routledge, pp. 111-32.
15. Gornick, J. C. (2004) 'Women's economic outcomes, gender inequality, and public policy: Lessons from the Luxembourg income study', Socio-Economic Review 2: 213-38.
16. Gupta, N. D. and Smith, N. (2002) 'Children and career interruptions: The family gap in Denmark', Economica 69(276): 609-29.
17. Hobson, B., Duvander, A. and Hallden, K. (2006) 'Men and women's agency and capabilities to create a worklife balance in diverse and changing institutional context', in J. Lewis (ed.), Children, Changing Family and Welfare States, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 267-96.
18. Knijn, T. and Kremer, M. (1997) 'Gender and the caring dimension of welfare states: Toward inclusive citizenship', Social Politics 4(3): 328-61.
19. Knijn, T. and Smit, A. (2009) 'Investing, facilitating, or individualizing the reconciliation of work and family life: Three paradigms and ambivalent policies', Social Politics 16(4): 484-518.
20. Lewis, J. (1992) 'Gender and the development of welfare regimes', Journal of European Social Policy 3(2): 159-73.
21. Lewis, J. and Giullari, S. (2005) 'The adult worker model family, gender equality and care: The search for new policy principles and the possibilities and problems of a capabilities approach', Economy and Society 34(1): 76-104.
22. Lister, R. (2001) 'Citizenship and gender', in K. Nash and A. Scott (eds), The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology, Oxford: Blackwell, pp. 323-32.
23. Lister, R. (2002) 'The dilemmas of pendulum politics: balancing paid work, care and citizenship', Economy and Society 31(4): 520-32.
24. Moss, P. and Devon, F. (eds) (1999) Parental Leave: Progress or Pitfall, Brussels: CBGS.
25. Moss, P. and Devon, F. (2006) 'Leave policies and research: A crossnational overview', Marriage and Family Review 39(3/4): 255-85.
26. Muffels, R. (2008) 'Pathways to flexicurity in Europe: Do they affect male and female labour market transition patterns?', in P. Ester, R. Muffels, J. Schippers and T. Wilthagen (eds), Innovating European Labour Markets. Dynamics and Perspectives, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 95-132.
27. Muffels, R., Wilthagen, T. and Heuvel, N. (2002) 'Labour market transitions and employment regimes: Evidence on the flexibilitysecurity nexus in transitional labour markets', WZB Discussion Paper, FS 1 02-204, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fü r Sozialforschung.
28. OECD (2003) Babies and Bosses -Reconciling Work and Family Life. Vol. 2, Austria, Ireland and Japan, Paris: OECD.
29. OECD (2005) Babies and Bosses -Reconciling Work and Family Life. Vol. 4, Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom, Paris: OECD.
30. Plantenga, J. and Remery, C. (2005) Reconciling of Work and Private Life. A Comparative Review of Thirty European Countries, Brussels: European Commission.
31. Pascall, G. and Manning, N. (2000) 'Gender and social policy: Comparing welfare states in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union', Journal of European Social Policy 10(3): 240-66.
32. Pylkkänen, E. and Smith, N. (2003) 'Career interruptions due to parental leave: A comparative study of Denmark and Sweden', OECD Social, Employment and Immigration working paper No 1, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.
33. Stier, H., Lewin-Epstein, N. and Braun, M. (2001) 'Welfare regimes, family supportive policies, and women's employment along the life course', American Journal of Sociology 106(6): 1731-60.
34. Torres, A. (2008) 'Women, gender and work. The Portuguese case in the context of the European Union', International Journal of Sociology 38 (4): 36-56.
35. Valentova, M. and Zhelyazkova, N. (2010) 'Women's perceptions of consequences of career interruption due to childcare in Central and Eastern Europe', Journal of Social Policy, DOI: 10.1017/S0047279410000541
36. Wall, K. (2007) 'Leave policy models and the articulation of work and family in Europe: A comparative perspective', in P. Moss and K. Wall (eds), International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2007, Employment Relations Research Series No. 80, London: Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pp. 25-44.
37. Zambarloukou, S. (2007) 'Is there a south European pattern of postindustrial employment?', South European Society and Politics 12(4): 425-42.