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Work-Family Balance

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  • Klimczuk, Andrzej
  • Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena

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The concept of work–family balance was introduced in the 1970s in the United Kingdom based on a work–leisure dichotomy, which was invented in the mid-1800s. It is usually related to the act of balancing of inter-role pressures between the work and family domains that leads to role conflict. The conflict is driven by the organizations' views of the “ideal worker” as well as gender disparities and stereotypes that ignore or discount the time spent in the unpaid work of family and community. Solutions for balance include legislation, flexible workplace arrangements, and the market care services.

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  • Klimczuk, Andrzej & Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena, 2016. "Work-Family Balance," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 1-3.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:230634
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    1. Johanna Rantanen & Ulla Kinnunen & Saija Mauno & Kati Tillemann, 2011. "Introducing Theoretical Approaches to Work-Life Balance and Testing a New Typology Among Professionals," Springer Books, in: Stephan Kaiser & Max Josef Ringlstetter & Doris Ruth Eikhof & Miguel Pina e Cunha (ed.), Creating Balance?, chapter 0, pages 27-46, Springer.
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    Keywords

    employment; family policy; gender division of labor; social policy; labour market;
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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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