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General Work Family Publications

An Economy that Puts Families First: Expanding the Social Contract to Include Family Care
An Economic Policy Institute briefing paper by Heidi Hartmann, Ariane Hegeswich, Vicky Lovell.
Cost & Benefits of Paid Family Leave in California
This report by researchers from UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago highlights a detailed cost & benefit analysis of introducing paid family leave in California.
Flexible Work Arrangements: The Fact Sheet
A fact sheet on flexibility in the workplace put together by the campaign for Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center.
Flexible Work for Strong Families
This report outlines a plan to expand opportunities for working parents to control their work hours, spend more time raising their kids, and continually readjust the balance between work and family as their circumstances change.
Getting Punched: The Job and Family Clock
A study by the Center for Law and Social Policy on the importance of workplace flexibility.
Making Work "Work": New Ideas from the Winners of the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
This report compiles case studies that highlight innovative business practices of small, medium and large employers who realize that the traditional 9 to 5 workplace doesn’t always work best in the 21st Century.
Newborn Family Leave: Effect on Children, Parents and Business
This report, released by the Packard Foundation to mark the five year anniversary of California's Paid Family Leave program, synthesizes the most significant research on newborn family leave and provides a broad view of leave's economic and social impacts.
No-Vacation Nation
This report from the Center for Economic Policy and Research reviewed international vacation and holiday laws and found that the United States is the only advanced economy that does not guarantee its workers any paid vacation or holidays.
Paid Family Leave in California – Research Brief
A new state-wide study by the California Family Leave Research Project that looks at public attitude and knowledge of the law as well as possible utilization rates.
Parental Leave in New Zealand 2005/2006 Evaluation
Conducted by the Department of Labour this evaluation examines the effectiveness of New Zealand's parental leave legislation.
Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality
This report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) examines the parental leave policies of 21 high-income countries and finds the United States to be the least generous.
Promoting Children's Well-Being: The Role of Workplace Flexibility
A study showing the social benefits of flexibility in the workplace. Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center.
Roots of Decline: How Government Policy Has De-Educated Teachers of Young Children
This report by Dan Bellm and Marcy Whitebook analyzes labor trends for the early care and education workforce over the past 25 years - notably, an overall decrease in educational qualifications, and persistent wage stagnation - in the light of federal and state policy, and makes a series of recommendations for reversing these downward trends.
The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict
The Poor, the Professionals, and the Middle Class
Americans report sharply higher levels of work-family conflict than citizens of other industrialized countries. This report shows three faces of work-family conflict and points toward how to build a stronger coalition for policies to address the issue.
Executive Summary
The Work Family Equity Index: How Does the United States Measure Up?
This study shows that U.S. policies to ensure decent working conditions for families still lag dramatically behind those of all high-income countries and many middle- and low-income countries.
Times Are Changing: Gender and Generation at Work and At Home
This report by the Families and Work Institute (FWI) on the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce shows significant changes among men's and women's attitudes and actions at work and home over the past three decades.