The extent of social protection provided to families with children varies according to each country's unique economic, social, and demographic conditions. The most important factors for assessing social protection were studied and identified by means of the multivariate statistical analysis...

This volume will focus on innovative research examining how the nature of paid work intersects with family and personal life today. This collection of cutting-edge research will be instrumental in shaping the next wave of work-family scholarship.

COVER -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Television Advertising to Children -- Children and Advertising -- Children's Exposure to Advertising -- Issues and Politics -- Impact of Advertising -- Influence of Advertising -- Affect of Commercials on Kids' Behaviour -- Affect of Commercials on...

In many countries, the Sixties marked a turning point in the history of women's emancipation. Using data with information on the birth order of large samples of individuals, we show that the first to be affected by this revolution were the first-born of the early 1960s: they grew up much more...