Finding Time : The Economics of Work-Life Conflict / Heather Boushey.
2016
HD4904.25 .B68 2016eb
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Title
Finding Time : The Economics of Work-Life Conflict / Heather Boushey.
Author
Boushey, Heather, author.
ISBN
9780674968608
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (360 p.) : 3 halftones, 9 line illustrations, 21 graphs, 10 tables
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674968608 doi
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HD4904.25 .B68 2016eb
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QV 578 SEPA
Dewey Decimal Classification
650.1/1
Summary
Employers today are demanding more and more of employees' time. And from campaign barbecues to the blogosphere, workers across the United States are raising the same worried question: How can I get ahead at my job while making sure my family doesn't fall behind?Heather Boushey argues that resolving work-life conflicts is as vital for individuals and families as it is essential for realizing the country's productive potential. The federal government, however, largely ignores the connection between individual work-life conflicts and more sustainable economic growth. The consequence: business and government treat the most important things in life-health, children, elders-as matters for workers to care about entirely on their own time and dime. That might have worked in the past, but only thanks to a hidden subsidy: the American Wife, a behind-the-scenes, stay-at-home fixer of what economists call market failures. When women left the home-out of desire and necessity-the old system fell apart. Families and the larger economy have yet to recover.But change is possible. Finding Time presents detailed innovations to help Americans find the time they need and help businesses attract more productive workers. A policy wonk with working-class roots and a deep understanding of the stresses faced by families up and down the income ladder, Heather Boushey demonstrates with clarity and compassion that economic efficiency and equity do not have to be enemies. They can be reconciled if we have the vision to forge a new social contract for business, government, and private citizens.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction
I. Our Roots
II. Stalled: Today's Middle Class
III. Stuck: Today's Low- Income Families
IV. Soaring above and Sounding the Alarm: Today's Professional Families
V. Thinking Like an Economist
VI. Here at Home: Paid Time off to Care
VII. There at Work: Scheduling Time
VIII. Care: When You Can't Be at Home
IX. Fair: Finding the Right Path
Conclusion
Appendix: Data and Methods
Figure Sources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Contents
Preface
Introduction
I. Our Roots
II. Stalled: Today's Middle Class
III. Stuck: Today's Low- Income Families
IV. Soaring above and Sounding the Alarm: Today's Professional Families
V. Thinking Like an Economist
VI. Here at Home: Paid Time off to Care
VII. There at Work: Scheduling Time
VIII. Care: When You Can't Be at Home
IX. Fair: Finding the Right Path
Conclusion
Appendix: Data and Methods
Figure Sources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index