This paper investigates work/care policies in fifteen European welfare states during the last two decades in a comparative perspective. The main question is how certain work/care arrangements are supported through public policies of different welfare states and whether this has changed over...

Introduction -- Theories of welfare state and work-family policy reform -- Design and evolution of work-family policies: a European comparative overview -- Policy developments in Germany and Italy: from a shared focus on the male-breadwinner model to diverging paths after the 1990s -- How...

Prominent research has claimed that work-family reconciliation policies trigger "tradeoffs" and "paradoxes" in terms of gender equality with adverse labor market consequences for women. These claims have greatly influenced debates regarding social policy, work, family, and gender inequality....