The development of informal work in the work-welfare arrangements of European societies / Per H. Jensen, Birgit Pfau-Effinger, and Lluis Flaquer -- The approach of the "arrangement of work and welfare" to the cross-national analysis of formal and informal work / Birgit Pfau-Effinger -- Formal...

The book explores the implications of changes to the welfare state for children in a range of countries. Children, Changing Families and Welfare States: examines the implications of social policies for children; sets the discussion in the broader context of both family change and welfare state...

The paper discusses how differences between European countries in the rate of part-time employment among women can be explained. In contrast to the usual explanations, the paper emphasises the importance of cultural specificities in the respective countries with respect to the gender contract on...