As Benjamin Disraeli observed, “Change is inevitable. Change is a constant”. This is well demonstrated in families, the basic unit of society. It is reflected, for example, in the pathways to family formation, childbearing trends, patterns of family functioning, parental (or partnership)...

Over the last two decades there has been a substantial increase in the proportion of lone mothers employed part-time, while the proportion employed full-time was much the same in 2005 as it was in the early 1980s. The experience of couple mothers is quite different, with both full-time and...

The average hours worked by full-time employees in Australia have increased since the late 1970s. This, combined with increases in female labour force participation, has led to concerns about the impact of long work hours on family life. This paper explores the relationship between fathers' work...