Statutory leave entitlements across developed countries: Why US workers lose out on work-family balance

International Labour Review

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-143

  Block, Richard N ^a   Park, Joo Young ^b   Kang, Young Hee ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Comment; EU countries; Japan; Korea R; Labour Legislation; Paid Leave; USA; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR STANDARD; LABOR SUPPLY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84875659430     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: 1564913X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2013.00172.x     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Australian Government Productivity Commission. 2009. Paid Parental Leave: Support for Parents with Newborn Children. Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 47, 28 February 2009, Canberra. Available at: http://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/86232/parental-support.pdf [accessed 4 July 2010].
2. Baird, Marian; Cooper, Rae; Ellem, Braden. 2009. "Low-paid women: The impact of regulatory change in Australia", in Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 393-407.
3. Bamber, Greg J.; Pochet, Philippe (eds). 2010. Regulating employment relations, work and labour laws: International comparisons between key countries. Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations Series (General Editor: Roger Blanpain), Vol. 74. Alphen aan den Rijn, Kluwer Law International.
4. Block, Richard N. 2007. "Indicators of labour standards: An overview and comparison", in David Kucera (ed.): Qualitative indicators of labour standards: Comparative methods and applications. Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 27-56.
5. Block, Richard N. 2005. Labour standards in the Canadian federal jurisdiction: A comparison with Canadian provinces and territories, states in the United States, and selected European nations. Report to the Federal Labour Standards Commission, 4 Nov., available at: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/labour/employment_standards/fls/research/research05/page00.shtml [accessed 15 June 2009].
6. Block, Richard N.; Berg, Peter; Belman, Dale. 2004. "The economic dimension of the employment relationship", in Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro, Lynn Shore, Susan Taylor and Lois Tetrick (eds): The employment relationship: Examining psychological and contextual perspectives. Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 94-118.
7. Block, Richard N.; Berg, Peter; Roberts, Karen. 2003. "Comparing and quantifying labor standards in the United States and the European Union", in International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Winter), pp. 441-467.
8. Block, Richard N.; Roberts, Karen. 2003. Do labor standards matter: The economic impact of differences in labor standards across states in the U.S. and provinces in Canada. Paper presented to the Kelley School of Business Canada-U.S. business conference, held in Bloomington, IN, 11-12 Apr.
9. Block, Richard N.; Roberts, Karen. 2000. "A comparison of labor standards in the United States and Canada", in Industrial Relations, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 273-307.
10. Block, Richard N.; Roberts, Karen.; Clarke, R. Oliver. 2003. Labor standards in the United States and Canada. Kalamazoo, MI, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
11. Block, Richard N.; Roberts, Karen.; Ozeki, Cynthia; Roomkin, Myron. 2001. "Models of international labor standards", in Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr.), pp. 258-292.
12. Brennan, Deborah. 2007. "Babies, budgets, and birthrates: Work/family policy in Australia, 1996-2006", in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring), pp. 31-57.
13. Eurofound. 2010. Industrial relations developments in Europe 2009. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. Available from the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) at: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1004019s/tn1004019s_2.htm [accessed 21 Dec. 2012].
14. European Commission. 2009. Employment in Europe, 2009. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/social/keyDocuments.jsp?type=3&policyArea=81&subCategory=119&country=0&year=0&advSearchKey=&mode=advancedSubmit&langId=en [accessed 5 July 2010].
15. European Commission. 2000. European employment and social policy: A policy for people. Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
16. European Union. 1996. "Council Directive 96/34/EC of 3 June 1996 on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC", in Official Journal of the European Communities, L 145, 19 June 1996, pp. 4-9. Available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31996L0034:EN:HTML [accessed 4 July 2010].
17. European Commission. 1993. "Council Directive 93/104/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning certain aspects of the organization of working time", in Official Journal of the European Communities, L 307, 13 December 1993, pp. 18-24. Available at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31993L0104:EN:HTML [accessed 25 June 2009].
18. ILO. 2001. International labour standards: A global approach. Geneva. Available at: http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---normes/documents/publication/wcms_087692.pdf [accessed 29 June 2010].
19. Jaumotte, Florence. 2003. Labour force participation of women: Empirical evidence on the role of policy and other determinants in OECD countries. OECD Economic Studies, No. 37, 2003/2. Paris, OECD.
20. Kucera, David. 2007. "Introduction and overview", in David Kucera (ed.): Qualitative indicators of labour standards: Comparative methods and applications. Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 1-26.
21. Lee, Yeon-ho. 1997. The State, society, and big business in South Korea. London, Routledge.
22. Lewis, Jane. 2006. "Work/family reconciliation, equal opportunities and social policies: The interpretation of policy trajectories at the EU level and the meaning of gender equality", in Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 420-437.
23. Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1990. Continental divide: The values and institutions of the United States and Canada. New York, NY, Routledge.
24. Naik, Ajaya Kumar. 2009. Informal sector and informal workers in India. Paper presented at special IARIW-SAIM Conference on measuring the informal economy in developing countries, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23-26 Sep., available at: http://www.iariw.org/papers/2009/5a%20naik.pdf [accessed 28 June 2010].
25. Okogwu, G. Chike. 1994. "Labour standards across countries with different levels of development", in Werner Sengenberger and Duncan Campbell (eds): International labour standards and economic interdependence. Geneva, International Institute for Labour Studies, pp. 145-157.
26. Perry-Jenkins, Maureen; Repetti, Rena L.; Crouter, Ann C. 2000. "Work and family in the 1990s", in Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 62, pp. 981-998.
27. Rothbard, Nancy B.; Dumas, Tracy L. 2006. "Research perspectives: Managing the work-home interface", in Fiona Jones, Ronald J. Burke and Mina Westman (eds): Work-life balance: A psychological perspective. Hove, UK, and New York, NY, Psychology Press, pp. 71-89.
28. Stratigaki, Maria. 2004. "The cooptation of gender concepts in EU policies: The case of 'reconciliation of work and family'", in Social politics: International studies in gender, State and society, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring), pp. 30-56.