Child Care, Family Benefits, and Working Parents: A Study in Comparative Policy

by Kamerman, Sheila A.; Kahn, Alfred J

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New York, NY, U.S.A: Columbia University Press, 1981. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. This book examines the change in family life as two working parents becomes the norm in industrialized countries; it investigates the conditions under which parents can undertake productive roles both at home and at work and explores the effects of alternative care arrangements on their children; for this study, research teams collected extensive data in the United States, France, Sweden, Germany, and Hungary on cash benefits for working parents who are raising children, child care services provided outside the home, and the costs and benefits of alternative policies; the results include a description, analysis, and comparison of both social benefits and formal child care programs in these countries, assessing their strengths and weaknesses as well as the rationale behind each approach to child care (reddish brown cloth with black lettering, very slight edgewear; dust jacket has moderate edgewear, repaired tear on rear cover, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)