Employers' family-friendly policies generally take the form of financial support rather than benefits in kind. Occasional benefits and services are much more common than those granted on a regular basis. Corporate day care centres are still very rare, for example, despite the fact that employers...

Children born early in the year are more likely to get a place in collective daycare than those born inthe autumn. Places are allocated equally, however to boys and girls, and to children of biological oradoptive parents. Third children more frequently get a place in collective daycare than...