Foreword -- Executive summary -- Families are changing -- The balance of family policy tools -- benefit packages, spending by age and families with young children -- Fertility trends -- Reducing barriers to parental employment -- Promoting child development and child well-being -- Sole parents,...

All OECD governments want to give parents more choice in their work and family decisions. This book looks at the different ways in which governments support families. It seeks to provide answers to questions like: Is spending on family benefits going up, and how does it vary by the age of the...