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Comparing Care Regimes in Europe

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Francesca Bettio
Janneke Plantenga
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Throughout Europe, the family is still an important provider of care, but welfare state policies of individual countries may support and/or supplement the family in different ways, generating different social and economic outcomes. This article compares and categorizes care strategies for children and elderly persons in different member states of the European Union, while also taking into account the varied modalities for providing care, like leave arrangements, financial provisions, and social services. In EU countries, care regimes function as "social joins" ensuring complementarity between economic and demographic institutions and processes. As these processes and institutions change, they provide impetus for care regimes to change as well. However, because ideas and ideals about care are at the core of individual national identities, care regimes also act as independent incentive structures that impinge on patterns of women's labor market participation and fertility.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Feminist Economics.

Volume (Year): 10 (2004)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 85-113
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Keywords: Families; Europe; Social Policy; Childcare; Elderly Care;

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