Family Obligations in EuropeThroughout Europe family structures and employment patterns have changed quite dramatically over the past 20 to 30 years. People are marrying later, having smaller families, experiencing marital breakdown, more couples are living together without marriage, more children are being born outside marriage, there are more elderly people, and more people living alone. |
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... variations between countries in the size of the child benefit ' package ' . Their results reflect the complexity of ... variation in the treatment of . housing costs . In their overall ' league table ' Luxembourg , Norway , France and ...
... variations between countries in the size of the child benefit ' package ' . Their results reflect the complexity of ... variation in the treatment of . housing costs . In their overall ' league table ' Luxembourg , Norway , France and ...
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... variation in practice , as summarised in Table 3.5 . In general there seems to be something of a division in approach to the care of infants and very young children ( up to about age three ) and the care of slightly older children ...
... variation in practice , as summarised in Table 3.5 . In general there seems to be something of a division in approach to the care of infants and very young children ( up to about age three ) and the care of slightly older children ...
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... variation and change in the way in which obligations are defined within as well as between countries . ' However , a less rigid approach can be adopted by using the concept of ' families of nations ' ( Castles , 1993 ) . This is based ...
... variation and change in the way in which obligations are defined within as well as between countries . ' However , a less rigid approach can be adopted by using the concept of ' families of nations ' ( Castles , 1993 ) . This is based ...
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adult children analysis Austria authorities autonomy Avebury Belgium Bradshaw carers cash child maintenance child-care cohabiting couples context Council of Europe courts debate defined Denmark dependent adults disabled divorce duties elderly employment European European Commission example expected extended family extent family members family obligations family privacy family support financial support Finland France gender Germany givers Greece guardianship household individuals intervention involved Ireland issues Italy labour market legal obligations legislation levels of provision living lone parents Luxembourg maintenance obligations marriage married couples Millar mothers national regulation needs Netherlands Norway number of countries older organised parents and children partner paternity leave payments pension Portugal rates recent recognised relationship role service provision social assistance schemes social insurance social policy social security Spain spouses subsidiarity survivor's benefits Sweden Table three main Ungerson University of Loughborough unmarried fathers variation Warman welfare women yes discretion 은은