Haas, Barbara, Hartel, Margit. 2010. Towards The Universal Care Course Model. Care Policies and employment patterns in Austria, The Netherlands and Sweden. European Societies 12 (2): 139-162.
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The principle aim is to analyse care policies and mothers' employment patterns in Austria in comparison with The Netherlands and Sweden. While Sweden fosters a Universal Breadwinner model, Austrian policies set incentives for mothers to organize private care for their children for a relatively long period of time, similar to the Caregiver Parity model. The Netherlands, approaching the Universal Caregiver model, support part-time integration into the labour market, combined with private part-time caring facilities for the children. The cross-national comparative approach has been adopted throughout the description of care policies and the data analysis, using the European Social Survey. Drawing on the strong cross-national differences in policies and employment patterns, we outline the main principles of a Universal Care Course (UCC). The model addresses questions about how to achieve the ideal of a smooth transition between work and care in a gender-sensitive way. Key words: care; policies; employment; Austria; cross-national comparison
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Journal article |
Journal | European Societies |
Citation Index | SSCI |
Language | English |
Title | Towards The Universal Care Course Model. Care Policies and employment patterns in Austria, The Netherlands and Sweden |
Volume | 12 |
Number | 2 |
Year | 2010 |
Page from | 139 |
Page to | 162 |
Reviewed? | Y |
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- Haas, Barbara (Details)
- External
- Hartel, Margit (Vizerektorat für Lehre, WU Wien, Austria)
- Organization
- Institute for Sociology and Social Research IN (Details)