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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Family policy"”.
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Essays on Family Policy, Social Transfers, and Entrepreneurship
… thesis consists of three essays on how public policy shapes household decisions, redis-tribution, and aggregate economic outcomes. The chapters study family policy, universal income transfers, and universal wealth transfers, with an emphasis on how policy design affects behavior through …
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Fertility, feminism, and family policy : a study of Québec demographic discourse and government documents, 1970-1997
… demographic discourse on Québec Government policy documents, specifically a sample produced between 1970 and 1997. It begins with the premise that Québec demographic discourse and Government family policy measures have their basis in epistemologies and methodologies which fail to identify …
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The Comparative Impact of Family Policies in Sweden and Japan
What impact do family policies have on women's ability to have a family and participate in the labor market? Drawing on two cases, Japan and Sweden, I will identify different patterns of family policies' impact on fertility rates and women's participation in the labor market. Comparing the …
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Paramos šeimai politika Lietuvoje ir vienų motinų šeimos /
… is one of the most common and the poorest family type in Lithuania. The literature analysis shows that single mother families’ poverty is mostly determined by socio-political conditions. Therefore, the research of the dissertation intended to reveal the reasons that determine the …
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A study of the cultural explanation of welfare: the effect of values on social policy within the welfare states
… attention on culture within the school of social policy and the development in theorising the relationship between culture and welfare. However, the cultural analysis of welfare has not been sufficiently supported by empirical evidence. Within the existing research, the causal effect of culture on …
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Stressors and Coping Mechanisms of Married Female Physicians : A Qualitative review
… perspective of her work environment, home and family responsibilities, parenting responsibilities, and self-imposed demands in her perceived roles as a working wife and mother. Two main categories emerged during the development of grounded theory: System Challenge and System Adaptation. …
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Understanding nonresidential fathers’ involvement in their children’s education : a qualitative approach
… implications for future research, child and family policy, schools, and health-practitioners.
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Family support, prevention and early help: endurance and erosion. A decade of writing through policy and practice
… the theoretical and practical applications of a ‘family support’ approach through the lens of my published works. This analytical and reflective work is presented here and provides a reflection of the journey through practice and publication. Included is some narrative policy exploration that …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of National Policies Supporting Family Caregivers of Old Adults
Caregivers of family elders have diverse needs, many of which are not being met sufficiently. The purpose of this study was to analyze the congruency between family policy and the needs of family caregivers. Based on the rational policy model, a normative policy analysis of the economics of family …
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A cross-national comparative study of the roles of men in contemporary France and Britain
… of household tasks and child care within the family, parental roles, female employment, role reversal, gender stereotyping and changes towards a new image of masculinity in society. Particular consideration is given to differences in governmental attitudes in France and Britain towards the …
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Toward A More Comprehensive Model of Economic Vulnerability, Family Stress, and Children’s Social-Emotional Competence
… that may adversely affect their members. The Family Stress Model of Economic Hardship (Conger & Elder, 1994) is a prominent conceptual model of the adverse effects of economic hardship on child and adolescent outcomes. Research on varying family stress models suggest robust links between …
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Att plantera ett barn : internationella adoptioner och assisterad befruktning i svensk reproduktionspolitik
… is to study the norms and values surrounding the family and the nation-state in Swedish family policy as they appear in Official Government Reports (SOU) on international adoption and assisted reproductive technology (ART) between 1953 and 2007. I argue that the committees’ reports can be viewed …
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From policy ideals to program realities: A conceptual and empirical investigation of U.S. healthy marriage and relationship education programming
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Examining work-family practice use and employee attitudes in a New Zealand local government organisation
Work-family practices have proliferated in response to major changes in the workplace, including the increased participation rates of women and mothers, the rise in dual-career families and single parent families, and growth in the elderly population. These changes are seen as providing employees …
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Fertility attitudes and behavior: the effects of gender equity on fertility in South Korea
… examines the roles of gender equity and family in shaping lowest-low fertility. Although low fertility is a heated topic in most advanced societies, conventional approaches to low fertility, such as the second demographic transition theory, have predominantly focused on low fertility in …
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Dealing with Intergenerational Disagreements. Parental Authority in Swedish Families
This thesis examined two key aspects of intergenerational disagreements. The first aspect dealt with Swedish parents' preferences for discipline with respect to the national emphasis on child democracy. Parents of preschool children were interviewed so as to examine their responses to hypothetical …
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Fathers’ Uptake of Parental Leave in South Korea: Determinants and Aftermaths
… a second child and significantly greater work-family conflict. The second paper assesses whether fathers’ uptake of parental leave contributes to a more equitable division of unpaid labour based on original survey data. I find that it is mostly the selection of fathers already involved in …
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Parents on trial : jailing for child support nonpayment
… pathways into jail, and find that debt load and family complexity are major predictors of incarceration. In Chapter 2, I map the legal process of finding a parent in contempt and committing the parent to jail, focusing on the role of judicial discretion at three crucial decision points in the …