The time divide : work, family, and gender inequality / Jerry A. Jacobs, Kathleen Gerson.

By:

Jacobs, Jerry A, 1955-

Contributor(s):

Gerson, Kathleen

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Family and public policyPublication details: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (x, 259 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674039049
0674039041
0674264797
9780674264793

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Time divide.DDC classification:

331.12/042/0973 22

LOC classification:

HD4904.25 .J32 2004eb

Other classification:

71.21
85.60
MS 1900
MS 3050

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Contents:

pt. I. Trends in work, family, and leisure time. 1. Overworked Americans or the growth of leisure? -- 2. Working time from the perspective of families -- pt. II. Integrating work and family life. 3. Do Americans feel overworked? -- 4. How work spills over into life -- 5. The structure and culture of work -- pt. III. Work, family, and social policy. 6. American workers in cross-national perspective / with Janet C. Gornick -- 7. Bridging the time divide -- 8. Where do we go from here? -- Appendix: Supplementary tables.

Review: "In a panoramic survey, Jerry Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson explain why and how family time pressures have emerged and what we can do to alleviate them. In contrast to the conventional wisdom that all Americans are overworked, they show that time itself has become a form of social inequality that is dividing Americans in new ways - between the overworked and the underemployed, women and men, parents and non-parents. They piece together a compelling story of the increasing mismatch between our economic system and the needs of American families, sorting out important trends such as the rise of demanding jobs and the emergence of new pressures on dual-earner families and single parents." "Comparing American workers with their European peers, Jacobs and Gerson also find that policies that are simultaneously family friendly and gender equitable are not fully realized in any of the countries they examine. As a consequence, they argue that the United States needs to forge a set of solutions that offers American workers new ways to integrate work and family life."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.

"In a panoramic survey, Jerry Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson explain why and how family time pressures have emerged and what we can do to alleviate them. In contrast to the conventional wisdom that all Americans are overworked, they show that time itself has become a form of social inequality that is dividing Americans in new ways - between the overworked and the underemployed, women and men, parents and non-parents. They piece together a compelling story of the increasing mismatch between our economic system and the needs of American families, sorting out important trends such as the rise of demanding jobs and the emergence of new pressures on dual-earner families and single parents." "Comparing American workers with their European peers, Jacobs and Gerson also find that policies that are simultaneously family friendly and gender equitable are not fully realized in any of the countries they examine. As a consequence, they argue that the United States needs to forge a set of solutions that offers American workers new ways to integrate work and family life."--Jacket.