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Who Cares?. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Aug 2008, Pages: 328
This book examines the time spent by co-resident
fathers on childcare, across the European Union
during the period 1994-2001. It is argued that
individual level factors and institutional factors
will both impact on a father’s ability to spend as
much time with his children as he would like to. This
book combines descriptive comparison with explanatory
analyses. Where household data are used
longitudinally, the basic approach for the analysis
is panel data modeling. Estimates show cross-national
variation in paternal time and in the proportion of
childcare done by fathers (as opposed to mothers).
Intrinsically linked to levels of paternal time is
the issue of the gender division of labour. With
regard to the latter, the dominant sociological and
economic theories are particularly interested in
explaining how parents combine care and financial
duties towards their children. Two competing models
in this context are those of specialisation and
non-specialisation. Whilst the book routinely
observes the employment of both strategies, the key
finding is that they are defined not only by the
mother’s financial contribution, but also by the
father’s contribution to care.
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