Table of Contents:
  • Parental leave and infant care : U.S. and international trends and issues, 1978-1988 / Sheila B. Kamerman
  • Childbirth and maternal employment : data from a national longitudinal survey / Patricia Garrett, Sally Lubeck, and DeeAnn Wenk
  • Science and politics and the "dual vision" of feminist policy research : the example of family and medical leave / Roberta M. Spalter-Roth and Heide I. Hartmann
  • Parenting without poverty : the case for funded parental leave / Ann Bookman
  • Legal aspects of parental leave : at the crossroads / Susan Deller Ross
  • Legal aspects of child care : the policy debate over the appropriate amount of public responsibility / Lucinda M. Finley
  • Family leave, the need for a new minimum standard / Ellen Bravo.
  • The labor movement's role in parental leave and child care / Carolyn York
  • The Wisconsin Family and Medical Leaves Act : states resolving the conflict between parenthood and livelihood / John R. Plewa
  • The place of caregiving work in contemporary societies / Deanne Bonnar
  • Employers' parental leave policies : does the labor market provide parental leave? / Eileen Trzcinski
  • How does the employer benefit from child care? / Jules M. Marquart
  • Employers' child care policies : sick child care / Mitzi Dunn
  • Family leave policymaking in a mid-sized professional firm : a case study / Linda M. Clifford
  • The Wisconsin Parental Leave Study : maternity leave and the health of women and their families / Janet Shibley Hyde and Roseanne Clark
  • The Wisconsin Parental Leave Study : the roles of fathers / Marilyn J. Essex and Marjorie H. Klein.
  • Factors influencing recovery from childbirth / Lorraine Tulman and Jacqueline Fawcett
  • Timing the return to the workplace : effects on the developing mother-infant relationship / Marsha Weinraub and Elizabeth Jaeger
  • Supporting optimal parenting behaviors during infancy / Lynne Sanford Koester
  • The child care preferences of parents with young children : how little is known / Freya L. Sonenstein
  • The regulation controversy in family day care : the perspective of providers / Margaret K. Nelson
  • Equal parenthood and social policy : lessons from a study of parental leave in Sweden / Linda Haas
  • The political history of parental leave policy / Dorothy McBride Stetson
  • Parental leave and child care in China / Li Min
  • Cultural values, child care, and parenting : the Italian experience in anthropological perspective / George R. Saunders.