Family Change and Family Policy in Comparative Perspective

Research question/goal: 

The project studies family changes and family policies in a long-term comparative view. Results are being published in a series of 5 volumes with 18 country studies and 2 comparative volumes. In addition, a database on family policies in Europe has been developed as a major source for comparative analyses and family policy indicators. The database will be made available to the academic public after the conclusion of the project.

Fact sheet

Funding: 
DFG, MZES
Duration: 
1994 to 2002
Status: 
completed
Data Sources: 
official statistics, secondary analysis, production of time series
Geographic Space: 
Western and Central Europe (EU and Norway, Switzerland, Poland and Hungary), United States, Canada, and New Zealand

Publications

Books

Kamerman, Sheila B., and Alfred J. Kahn (Eds.) (1997): Family Change and Family Policies in Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Oxford: Clarendon Press. [Family Change and Family Policies in the West; 1] more
Bahle, Thomas (1995): Familienpolitik in Westeuropa. Ursprünge und Wandel im internationalen Vergleich. Frankfurt/NewYork: Campus Verlag. more