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Record Nr.

UNINA9910284455403321

Autore

Cahn Naomi

Titolo

Unequal family lives : causes and consequences in Europe and the Americas / / edited by Naomi Cahn [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK, : Cambridge University Press, 2018

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-108-24677-X

1-108-24505-6

1-108-41595-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

306.850973

Soggetti

Families - United States

Families - Europe

Families - Latin America

Income distribution - United States

Income distribution - Europe

Income distribution - Latin America

United States

Europe

Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Aug 2018).

Open Access title.

Nota di contenuto

Families unequal : socioeconomic gradients in family patterns across the US and Europe / Marcia J. Carlson -- Family forms and social inequality in Latin America / Albert Esteve and Elizabeth Flores Paredes -- How inequality drives family formation : the prima facie case / Andrew J. Cherlin -- Universal or unique? : understanding diversity in partnership experiences across Europe / Brienna Perelli-Harris -- Family structure and the decline of work for men in postwar America / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Single-mother families, mother's educational level, children's school outcomes : a study of 21 countries / Anna



Garriga and Paolo Berta -- Family structure and socioeconomic inequality of opportunity in Europe and the United States / Diederik Boertien, Fabrizio Bernardi and Juho Härkönen -- Families and the wealth of nations : what does family structure have to do with growth around the globe? / W. Bradford Wilcox and Joseph Price -- Family policy, socioeconomic inequality and the gender revolution / Fran Goldscheider and Sharon Sassler -- Where's the glue? : policies to close the family gap / Richard V. Reeves -- Pathology of patriarchy and family inequalities / Lynn Prince Cooke -- Concluding reflections : what does less marriage have to do with more family inequality? / W. Bradford Wilcox -- Commentary/afterword/concluding thoughts on family change and economic inequality / June Carbone and Naomi Cahn.

Sommario/riassunto

Across the Americas and Europe, the family has changed and marriage is in retreat. To answer the question of what's driving these changes and how they impact social and economic inequality, progressives have typically focused on the economic causes of changing family structures, whereas conservatives tend to stress cultural and policy roots. In this illuminating book, an international group of scholars revisit these issues, offering competing and contrasting perspectives from left, center, and right, while also adding a third layer of analysis: namely, the role of gender - changes in women's roles, male employment patterns, and gendered family responsibilities - in driving family change across three continents. Unequal Family Lives: Causes and Consequences in Europe and the Americas adds richness and depth to our understanding of the relationship between family and economics in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. This title is also available as Open Access.