Work & family : research informing policy / Toby L. Parcel, Daniel B. Cornfield, editors.

Other author Parcel, Toby L.
Other author Cornfield, Daniel B.
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©2000.
Descriptionxv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects

Variant title Work and family
Contents Setting the stage. Work and family in women's lives in the German Democratic Republic / Heike Trapp -- Public opinion and congressional action on work, family, and gender, 1945-1990 / Paul Burstein and Susan Wierzbicki -- The juggling act. Do Americans 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. The 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 Iverson and Naomi B. Farber.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99050414
ISBN0761913076 (alk. paper)
ISBN0761913084 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HD4904.25 .W686 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold