Electronic format: Acrobat PDF All OECD governments want to give
parents more choice in their work and family decisions. This
book looks at the different ways in which governments support
families. It seeks to provide answers to questions like: Is
spending on family benefits going up, and how does it vary by
the age of the child? Has the crisis affected public support for
families? What is the best way of helping adults to have the
number of children they desire? What are the effects of parental
leave programmes on female labour supply and on child well-
being? Are childcare costs a barrier to parental employment and
can flexible workplace options help? What is the best time for
mothers to go back to work after childbirth? And what are the
best policies to reduce poverty among sole parents? Table of
contents: Chapter 1 - Families are changing Chapter 2 - The
balance of family policy tools: benefit packages, spending by
age and families with young children Chapter 3 - Fertility
trends: what have been the main d