Family Economics and Public Policy, 1800s–Present
Family Economics and Public Policy, 1800s–Present

Author: Megan McDonald Way

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2019-09-13

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 9781349959082

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This book explores family economic decision-making in the United States from the nineteenth century through present day, specifically looking at the relationship between family resource allocation decisions and government policy. It examines how families have responded to incentives and constraints established by diverse federal and state policies and laws, including the regulation of marriage and of female labor force participation, child labor and education policies—including segregation—social welfare programs, and more. The goal of this book is to present family economic decisions throughout US history in a way that contextualizes where the US economy and the families that drive it have been. It goes on to discuss the role public policies have played in that journey, where we need to go from here, and how public policies can help us get there. At a time when American families are more complex than ever before, this volume will educate readers on the often unrecognized role that government policies have on our family lives, and the uncelebrated role that family economic decision-making has on the future of the US economy.

All in the Family
All in the Family

Author: Patricia Strach

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780804756099

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All in the Family demonstrates how policymakers employ family across a host of policy areas to achieve their "non-family" goals and the consequences this has for policy stability over time.

What Children Need
What Children Need

Author: Jane Waldfogel

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2010-03-15

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780674044784

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What do children need to grow and develop? And how can their needs be met when parents work? Emphasizing the importance of parental choice, quality of care, and work opportunities, economist Jane Waldfogel guides readers through the maze of social science research evidence to offer comprehensive answers and a vision for change. Drawing on the evidence, Waldfogel proposes a bold new plan to better meet the needs of children in working families, from birth through adolescence, while respecting the core values of choice, quality, and work:,Allow parents more flexibility to take time off work for family responsibilities;,Break the link between employment and essential family benefits;,Give mothers and fathers more options to stay home in the first year of life;,Improve quality of care from infancy through the preschool years;,Increase access to high-quality out-of-school programs for school-aged children and teenagers.

The Public Family
The Public Family

Author: David Herring

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

Published: 2010-11-23

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0822972492

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Those concerned with investigating the political functions of the family far too often identify only one: the production of "good democratic citizens." As a result, public discussion of family law and policy has been confined to a narrow continuum that ignores the family's other, often subversive, political functions.In The Public Family David Herring's goal is to create a new rhetoric that moves beyond the stalemate that often results from the war between advocates of parental rights and those of children's rights. This "rhetoric of associational respect" allows him to constructively address the role of rights and the limits of individualism in political and legal theory. While acknowledging the family's importance in facilitating state functioning and power in a large, pluralistic democracy (the aforementioned production of good citizens), Herring fully explores the ways in which the family produces diversity and promotes tolerance. Unlike other works on the subject, which view the differences between individuals as constituting the central challenge for American society, Herring focuses on the importance of such differences. In doing so, he enriches and enlivens the often divisive public discussion of family law and policy.

Divided Families
Divided Families

Author: Frank F. Furstenberg

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780674655775

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Explores the effects of divorce on children and their parents.

Outside Director Compensation in German Public Family Firms
Outside Director Compensation in German Public Family Firms

Author: Pascal Engel

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-26

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 3658073160

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Pascal Engel investigates how outside directors are incentivized in family firms that are publicly listed but still partly owned by members of the founding family. Owning families significantly influence their firms' corporate conduct with their own set of goals, sometimes in conflict with economically driven goals of the capital markets. The author analyzes how family shareholders exert their influence on compensation schemes of outside directors who have the difficult task to protect the interests of family and non-family shareholders. This book provides insights on current approaches of defining a compensation scheme that attracts qualified outside directors but concurrently reflects respective shareholders' preferences.

The Changing American Family and Public Policy
The Changing American Family and Public Policy

Author: Andrew J. Cherlin

Publisher: The Urban Insitute

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780877664215

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This book brings social science perspective to bear on family change and family policy; identifies the determinants of change and analyzes the role that government has played and can play in affecting the course of family life.