The emergence of policy supporting working carers: Developments in six countries

Combining Paid Work and Family Care: Policies and Experiences in International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 23-50

  Yeandle, Sue ^a   Kröger, Teppo ^b   Cass, Bettina ^c   Chou, Yueh Ching ^d   Shimmei, Masaya ^e   Szebehely, Marta ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c National Yang Ming University ^*

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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