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Conflict Between Work and Family: An Investigation of Four Policy Measures

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Welfare states enact a range of policies aimed at reducing work-family conflict. While welfare state policies have been assessed at the macro-level and work-family conflict at the individual-level, few studies have simultaneously addressed these relationships in a cross-national multi-level model. This study addresses this void by assessing the relationship between work-family and family-work conflict and family-friendly policies in 10 countries. Applying a unique multi-level data set that couples country-level policy data with individual-level data (N = 7,895) from the 2002 International Social Survey Programme, the author analyzes the relationship between work-family and family-work conflict and four specific policy measures: family leave, work scheduling, school scheduling, and early childhood education and care. The results demonstrate that mothers and fathers report less family-work and mothers less work-family conflict in countries with more expansive family leave policies. Also, in countries with longer school schedules mothers report less and women without children more work-family conflict. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

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  • Leah Ruppanner, 2013. "Conflict Between Work and Family: An Investigation of Four Policy Measures," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 110(1), pages 327-347, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:110:y:2013:i:1:p:327-347
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9933-3
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