scholarly journals Policy and pregnancy: the impact on working families in the NHS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. e655-e659
Author(s):  
Nada Al-Hadithy ◽  
Rebecca Nicholas ◽  
Katie Knight ◽  
Rose Penfold ◽  
Greta McLachlan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Families ◽  
The Impact

Quality of Child Care as an Aspect of Family and Child Care Policy in the United States

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 182-188
Author(s):  
Sandra Scarr ◽  
Deborah Phillips ◽  
Kathleen McCartney ◽  
Martha Abbott-Shim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Care Policy ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Working Families ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The Impact

The quality of child care services in the United States should be understood within a context of child care policy at the federal and state levels. Similarly, child care policy needs to be examined within the larger context of family-support policies that do or do not include parental leaves to care for infants (and other dependent family members) and family allowances that spread the financial burdens of parenthood. Maynard and McGinnis1 presented a comprehensive look at the current and predictable policies that, at federal and state levels, affect working families and their children. They note the many problems in our "patchwork" system of child care—problems of insufficient attention to quality and insufficient supply for low-income families. Recent legislation is a step toward improving the ability of low-income families to pay for child care (by subsidizing that part of the cost of such care which exceeds 15% rather than 20% of the family income) and some steps toward training caregivers and improving regulations. They note the seeming political impasse over parental leaves, even unpaid leaves, and the impact of this lack of policy on the unmet need for early infant care. We should step back from the current morass of family and child care policies in the United States and look at what other nations have done and continue to do for their working families. By comparison with other industrialized countries in the world, the United States neglects essential provisions that make it possible for parents in other countries to afford to rear children and to find and afford quality child care for their children.

Living Standards and Prosperity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The Core ◽  
Working Families ◽  
Current Concerns ◽  
Rich Countries ◽  
The Impact

This introductory chapter develops and motivates the overarching topic of the book, which is how rich countries have fared in recent decades in terms of the generation of prosperity for ordinary working families and the lessons to be learned from analysing their performance. It sets out how this is at the core of current concerns and debates, not least about the impact of globalization and technological change and the growth in inequality, and the economic, social, and political consequences. It then provides an outline and roadmap of the structure of the book, in terms of the range of topics to be addressed. In doing so it sets out how the various elements fit together and contribute to the overall aim of the book.

Work, Family, and Community

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista Lynn Minnotte
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Individual Outcomes ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
Working Families ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores scholarship on work, family, and community, suggesting ways to move it forward in new and exciting directions. Different ways of conceptualizing community are described, along with issues surrounding the lack of conceptual clarity in the treatment of community in the work–family literature. The main theories that are used to guide the study of community, work, and family are outlined, including ecological theory, life-course theory, and the demands and resources perspective. The existing work–family and community scholarship is described, with a focus on how community is related to family, work–family, and individual outcomes. Emerging scholarship on family supportive communities is explored, along with scholarship on the impact of contemporary work–family trends on community involvement. Lastly, promising areas for future research are proposed, with an eye toward identifying solutions at the community level for working families.

scholarly journals Grandparenting in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madonna Harrington Meyer ◽  
Amra Kandic
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Single Parenting ◽  
Grandchild Care ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Working Families ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
The Impact

AbstractGrandparenting varies enormously in the United States and here we discuss that growing diversity. Relying on exchange and reciprocity, feminist, and political economic theoretical perspectives, we begin by exploring the increasing need for grandchild care and assistance in the United States and the dearth of federal and employer supports for working families. Assessing the impact of sociodemographic trends, notably the rise in single parenting and the increase in employment among grandparents, we assess the intensification of grandparenting. Then we turn to issues related to proximity, examining the pleasures and challenges of coresidential, custodial, long distance, and transnational grandparenting. Finally, we turn to the impact of grandparenting on the emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing of grandparents.

Gender and New Labour's Social Policies

2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHERINE RAKE
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
British Labour ◽  
Social Policy Reform ◽  
Working Families ◽  
Childcare Policy ◽  
The Impact

Since its election to government in 1997, the programme of social policy reform introduced by the British Labour government has proceeded at a dizzying pace. This article analyses the impact of these reforms on gender relations, and how policy is working to shape the roles of citizen worker; parent and carer and spouse or partner. The article focuses on how the New Deals, tax and benefit policy (including the Working Families Tax Credit) and childcare policy affect these roles. The analysis reveals how, in institutionalising paid work as the key route to citizenship, New Labour runs the risk of building implicit gender bias into a number of its policies. The analysis suggests that more gender-sensitive policy would follow where consideration was given both to how individuals relate to the labour market over their lifetimes and to the effect of policy on the division and distribution of unpaid caring work.

Earned Income Tax Credit

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Lewis ◽  
Sondra G. Beverly
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Earned Income Tax Credit ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Tax Credit ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Earned Income ◽  
Working Families ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
The Impact

The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit for working families with low and moderate incomes. The credit provides a substantial income supplement to families with children and thus helps families finance basic necessities or invest in longer-term household development. In recent years, political support for the EITC has declined. Social workers should be prepared to advocate against policy changes that would reduce the impact of the EITC. Social workers could also support EITC outreach campaigns and advocate for more and expanded state EITCs.

Did working families' tax credit work? The impact of in-work support on labour supply in Great Britain

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 699-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Brewer ◽  
Alan Duncan ◽  
Andrew Shephard ◽  
María José Suárez
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Tax Credit ◽  
Work Support ◽  
Working Families ◽  
The Impact

Formation of Lunar Craters and Bright Rays as a Result of Meteorite Impacts

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
K. P. Stanyukovich ◽  
V. A. Bronshten
Keyword(s):  
Explosive Charge ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Meteorite Impacts ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Lunar Craters ◽  
The Impact

The phenomena accompanying the impact of large meteorites on the surface of the Moon or of the Earth can be examined on the basis of the theory of explosive phenomena if we assume that, instead of an exploding meteorite moving inside the rock, we have an explosive charge (equivalent in energy), situated at a certain distance under the surface.

The Geosciences Applied to Lunar Exploration

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 169-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Green
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Surface ◽  
Probable Mechanism ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Lunar Exploration ◽  
Geological Model ◽  
Apply Geophysics ◽  
Surface Features ◽  
The Impact

The term geo-sciences has been used here to include the disciplines geology, geophysics and geochemistry. However, in order to apply geophysics and geochemistry effectively one must begin with a geological model. Therefore, the science of geology should be used as the basis for lunar exploration. From an astronomical point of view, a lunar terrain heavily impacted with meteors appears the more reasonable; although from a geological standpoint, volcanism seems the more probable mechanism. A surface liberally marked with volcanic features has been advocated by such geologists as Bülow, Dana, Suess, von Wolff, Shaler, Spurr, and Kuno. In this paper, both the impact and volcanic hypotheses are considered in the application of the geo-sciences to manned lunar exploration. However, more emphasis is placed on the volcanic, or more correctly the defluidization, hypothesis to account for lunar surface features.

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