Family Policies in the Context of Family Change

Ilona Ostner, Christoph Schmitt

"This special issue of the Zeitschrift fur Familienforschung is based on policy reports for a comparative project that investigated the interaction between changing family forms, changing employment patterns, and family policies in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway), The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Germany."--Page [7]. "This collection of essays explores and explains the differences and similarities in social policies supporting parenthood, including parents' employment, in eight countries."--Page [9].