This article provides an overview of families and their institutional contexts in Western societies, focusing on the role of family policies and legal regulations in union dynamics, fertility, children's wellbeing, and intergenerational relations. We argue that family dynamics are driven by changing institutional opportunities and constraints, whereas at the same time, welfare state institutions constantly need to adapt to the changing needs of new family forms. The empirical studies covered here provide ample evidence of multiple institutional effects on family-related behaviors and outcomes in avariety of domains. Family policy regimes supporting greater gender equality are those under which favorable outcomes are most likely to occur. Im...
The aim of this article is to examine how family policies contribute to changes in family practices ...
The family is the first context for a child’s development, and the most important. This is where chi...
This paper addresses problems of analysis in family policy and suggests new standards of examination...
Comparative research on family policies has primarily focused on governmental activities for the fam...
'This article examines current family policies in Western Europe against the backdrop of fertility d...
We review comparative evidence of institutional effects on families in Western societies. We focus o...
This paper addresses problems of analysis in family policy and suggests new standards of examination...
Comparative research on family policies has primarily focused on governmental activities for the fam...
This article is an attempt to analyze the impact of different models of the family policy on the dis...
International audienceAlthough France and Germany are commonly classified as Bismarckian welfare reg...
'Comparative research on family policies has primarily focused on governmental activities for the fa...
'Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen Familienpolitik, Fertilität, Erwerbstäti...
Since the 1990s, international social science research has made a major contribution to the evidence...
This article examines the importance of fertility in the history of family policy in Sweden. As Swed...
It is usual to formulate policies that react on the consequences, not the causes of family structure...
The aim of this article is to examine how family policies contribute to changes in family practices ...
The family is the first context for a child’s development, and the most important. This is where chi...
This paper addresses problems of analysis in family policy and suggests new standards of examination...
Comparative research on family policies has primarily focused on governmental activities for the fam...
'This article examines current family policies in Western Europe against the backdrop of fertility d...
We review comparative evidence of institutional effects on families in Western societies. We focus o...
This paper addresses problems of analysis in family policy and suggests new standards of examination...
Comparative research on family policies has primarily focused on governmental activities for the fam...
This article is an attempt to analyze the impact of different models of the family policy on the dis...
International audienceAlthough France and Germany are commonly classified as Bismarckian welfare reg...
'Comparative research on family policies has primarily focused on governmental activities for the fa...
'Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen Familienpolitik, Fertilität, Erwerbstäti...
Since the 1990s, international social science research has made a major contribution to the evidence...
This article examines the importance of fertility in the history of family policy in Sweden. As Swed...
It is usual to formulate policies that react on the consequences, not the causes of family structure...
The aim of this article is to examine how family policies contribute to changes in family practices ...
The family is the first context for a child’s development, and the most important. This is where chi...
This paper addresses problems of analysis in family policy and suggests new standards of examination...