Family time : the social organization of care /

Family time : the social organization of care / [edited by] Nancy Folbre & Michael Bittman. - p. cm. - Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 2 . - Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 2. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / A theory of the misallocation of time / Family time and public policy in the United States / Activity, proximity, or responsibility? : measuring parental childcare time / Making the invisible visible : the life and time(s) of informal caregivers / Bringing up Bobby and Betty : the inputs and outputs of childcare time / Valuing informal elder care / Packaging care : what happens when children receive nonparental care? / Parenting and employment : what time-use surveys show / The rush hour : the quality of leisure time and gender equity / A tale of dual-earner families in four countries / Parenthood without penalty : time-use and public policy in Australia and Finland / Note : details of Australian time-use surveys. Michael Bittman and Nancy Folbre -- Nancy Folbre -- Timothy M. Smeeding and Joseph T. Marchand -- Michelle J. Budig and Nancy Folbre -- Michael Bittman, Janet E. Fast, Kimberly Fisher and Cathy Thomson -- Duncan Ironmonger -- Douglas A. Wolf -- Michael Bittman, Lyn Craig and Nancy Folbre -- Michael Bittman -- Michael Bittman and Judy Wajcman -- Shelley Pacholok and Anne H. Gauthier -- Michael Bittman -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

0415310091 (alk. paper) 0415310105 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Families--Time management--Economic aspects.
Caregivers--Time management--Economic aspects.
Child care--Economic aspects
Older people--Home care--Economic aspects.
Work and family
Feminist economics
Families--Economic aspects
Families--Economic aspects--Cross-cultural studies
Sexual division of labor
Sexual division of labor--Cross-cultural studies
Families--Time management
Families--Time management--Cross-cultural studies

HQ728 / .F324443 2004

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