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Family policy support for the earner-carer and traditional family models: An application of SPIN data to Lithuania and Sweden, 1995-2015
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posted on 2019-12-16, 11:05 authored by Katharina Wesolowski, Sunnee BillingsleySunnee Billingsley, Gerda NeyerGerda NeyerFamily
policies influence how men and women structure their time in the labour market
and in the home. Analyses based on expenditure data, regime types and single
policies, however, cannot represent how policies support individuals’ labour
market attachment and care for children. SPIN data offer a tool for measuring
the extent to which family policies support the earner-carer and traditional
family models. This large-scale database offers harmonized data on social
policies over time for a wide range of countries. It has allowed scholars to
empirically push the frontiers of research on the intersection of gender
equality, family and employment dynamics, and social policy. We use the cases
of Lithuania and Sweden to describe how measures of earner-carer and traditional-family
support were constructed and compare the policy developments over time. We
highlight areas of convergence and divergence in family policy in these two
countries with very different histories.
Funding
the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) via the Linnaeus Center for Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe (SPaDE), grant registration number 349-2007-8701
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2002-617XOriginal title
Family policy support for the earner-carer and traditional family models: An application of SPIN data to Lithuania and Sweden, 1995-2015Original language
- English
Publication date
2019-12-16Usage metrics
Keywords
Family policiesLithuaniaSwedenSocial Policy Indicator Database (SPIN)earner-carer supporttraditional-family supportStockholm Reports in DemographySociologiska institutionenDepartment of SociologySUDAStockholm University Demography UnitStockholms universitets demografiska avdelningDemography not elsewhere classifiedSociology
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