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...

Agnes Blome Wolfgang Keck Jens Alber Generationen- beziehungen im Wohlfahrtsstaat Lebensbedingungen und Einstellungen von Altersgruppen im internationalen Vergleich VS VERLAG FÜR SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN Inhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort ...

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....