Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Conflicts Between Earning and Caring
Chapter 2. The Changing American Family and the Problem of Private Solutions
Chapter 3. The United States in Cross-National Perspective: Are Parents and Children Doing Better Elsewhere?
Chapter 4. Reconciling the Conflicts: Toward a Dual-Earner—Dual-Carer Society
Chapter 5. Ensuring Time to Care During the Early Years: Family Leave Policy
Chapter 6. Strengthening Reduced-Hour Work: Regulation of Working Time
Chapter 7. Providing Public Care: Child Care, Preschool, and Public Schooling
Chapter 8. Does Policy Matter? Linking Policies to Outcomes
Chapter 9. Developing Earner-Carer Policies in the United States
Appendix A: Description of Cross-National Data Sets Used
Appendix B: Summary of Selected European Union Directives
Appendix C: Construction of Policy Indexes
Notes
References
Index