
Family Time : The Social Organization of Care
by Folbre, Nancy; Bittman, MichaelBuy New
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Summary
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements | |
Introduction | |
The Big Picture | |
The Misallocation of Time | |
Time Use and Public Policy | |
Using the Yardstick of Time to Capture Care | |
Activity, Proximity, or Responsibility?: Measuring parental child care time | |
Making the Invisible Visible: The life and time(s) of informal caregivers | |
Valuing Child Care and Elder Care | |
Bringing Up Bobby and Betty: The inputs and outputs of child care time | |
Valuing Informal Elder Care | |
Parenting, Employment and the Pressures of Care | |
Packaging Care: What happens when children receive non-parental care? | |
Parenting and Employment: What time-use surveys show | |
The Rush Hour: The quality of time and gender equity | |
International Comparisons | |
Families in Four Countries | |
Parenthood Without Penalty | |
Appendix: Details of National Australian Time Use Surveys | |
Notes on Contributors | |
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