Jerry A. Jacobs The time divide

work, family, and gender inequality

Explained is why and how time pressures have emerged in the United States and what can be done to alleviate them. There is an increasing mismatch between the economic system and the needs of American families, sorting out important trends such as the rise of demanding jobs and the emergence of new pressures on dual earner families and single parents. Comparing American workers with their European peers, Jacobs and Gerson also find that policies are simultaneously family-friendly and gender equitable...

Engels | 259 pagina's | Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA [etc.] | 2004

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