Spanish society values families and family life highly, but the way that families look and live has been changing … drastically over the past decades. From being one of the countries with the highest fertility rates in Europe, Spain now has the … traditional nuclear family model. At the same time, the share of mothers who are employed increased by more than 50% over the past …

promotes economic prosperity. A failure to assist parents find their preferred work and family balance has implications for … both labour supply and family decisions. This study considers how a wide range of policies, including tax/benefit policies …, childcare policies, and employment and workplace practices, help determine parental labour market outcomes and family formation …

practices help determine parental labour market outcomes and may impinge on family formation in New Zealand, Portugal and … Switzerland. The book makes recommendations for policy reform aimed at a better reconciliation of work and family commitments in …

Families in the OECD are changing. The nuclear family – mother and father, married with children – is becoming less …