Description |
xvi, 288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Setting the state. Work and family in women's lives in the German Democratic Republic / Heike Trappe -- Public opinion and congressional action on work, family, and gender, 1945-1990 / Paul Burstein and Susan Wierzbicki -- Juggling act. Do American feel overworked? comparing ideal and actual working time / Jerry A. Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson -- Nonstandard employment schedules among American mothers : the relevance of marital status / Amy G. Cox and Harriet B. Presser -- Effects of public and private policies on working after childbirth / Sandra Hofferth -- Returning to work : the impact of gender, family, and work on terminating a family or medical leave / Joanne C. Sandberg and Daniel B. Cornfield -- Later in the life course. Effects of parental work and maternal nonemployment on children's reading and math achievement / Toby L. Parcel, Rebecca A. Nickoll, and Mikaela J. Dufur -- Work-family orientations and attainments in the early life course / Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson and Jeylan T. Mortimer -- Transmission of family values, work, and welfare among poor urban Black women / Roberta Rehner Iversen and Naomi B. Farber. |
Subject |
Work and family.
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Women -- Employment.
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Added Author |
Parcel, Toby L.
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Cornfield, Daniel B.
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Added Title |
Work and family |
ISBN |
0761913084 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0761913076 (alk. paper) |
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