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Abstract: La cura della persona è stata una responsabilità tradizionalmente rimessa, in Italia, alla dimensione familiare, penalizzando le donne che hanno da sempre sostenuto il carico di questo lavoro dentro e fuori dalle mura domestiche. Un lavoro sottovalutato, non riconosciuto, sottopagato, persino invisibile. A fronte dell’emergere di vere e proprie emergenze e di bisogni di assistenza sempre più complessi e differenziati, alcuni passi sono stati compiuti verso il riconoscimento del ruolo d ...; [Read more...] La cura della persona è stata una responsabilità tradizionalmente rimessa, in Italia, alla dimensione familiare, penalizzando le donne che hanno da sempre sostenuto il carico di questo lavoro dentro e fuori dalle mura domestiche. Un lavoro sottovalutato, non riconosciuto, sottopagato, persino invisibile. A fronte dell’emergere di vere e proprie emergenze e di bisogni di assistenza sempre più complessi e differenziati, alcuni passi sono stati compiuti verso il riconoscimento del ruolo dei caregiver. Non si registrano invece interventi significativi sul fronte della emersione, promozione e valorizzazione del lavoro di cura prestato professionalmente. Manca la consapevolezza della necessità di una regolazione strutturale idonea a fare emergere e governare un mercato del lavoro di cura dignitoso. Una direzione intrapresa dalla contrattazione, che prova con fatica a porre le basi per una costruzione sociale di questo mercato. I contributi raccolti offrono alcune coordinate concettuali e dati normativi poco conosciuti per avviare una nuova riflessione sul lavoro di cura e per ridefinire le logiche sottese al funzionamento dei moderni mercati del lavoro e della società nel suo complesso.

Abstract: The paper presents findings from a novel survey of Italian, British, and American families in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic of spring 2020. A high percentage report disruptions in the patterns of family life, manifesting in new work patterns, chore allocations and household tensions. Though men have taken a greater share of childcare and grocery shopping duties, reallocations are not nearly as stark as disruptions to work patterns might suggest, and families having to reallocat ...; [Read more...] The paper presents findings from a novel survey of Italian, British, and American families in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic of spring 2020. A high percentage report disruptions in the patterns of family life, manifesting in new work patterns, chore allocations and household tensions. Though men have taken a greater share of childcare and grocery shopping duties, reallocations are not nearly as stark as disruptions to work patterns might suggest, and families having to reallocate duties report greater tensions. Results paint a picture of tightened constraints budging up against stable and gendered patterns of intra-household cooperation.

Abstract: This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled men, while single women were more likely to be working than single men. However, fathers of school-age children ...; [Read more...] This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled men, while single women were more likely to be working than single men. However, fathers of school-age children who remained employed were working reduced hours compared to men without children. Remote work mitigated some of the negative effects on employment and hours.

Abstract: The research draw lessons from existing work and analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. The authors begin with a discussion of the historical introduction of family policies ever since the end of the nineteenth century and then turn to the details regarding family policies currently in effect across high-income nations. Then they sketch a framework ...; [Read more...] The research draw lessons from existing work and analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. The authors begin with a discussion of the historical introduction of family policies ever since the end of the nineteenth century and then turn to the details regarding family policies currently in effect across high-income nations. Then they sketch a framework concerning the effects of family policy to motivate country and micro-level evidence on the impact of family policies on gender outcomes. Most estimates of the impact of parental leave entitlement on female labor market outcomes range from negligible to weakly positive. The verdict is far more positive for the beneficial impact of spending on early education and childcare.

Abstract: The goal of reconciliation measures is not only to support the work-family balance in terms of material aids, but also to find new strategies to improve the quality of the well-being of individuals and families relationships. This special issue is concerned with work-family challenges or, more exactly, it aims at developing new insights into the work-family issues in different European countries.

Abstract: This volume presents national statistics and new global and regional estimates on the number of domestic workers. It shows that domestic workers represent a significant share of the labour force worldwide and that domestic work is an important source of wage employment for women, especially in Latin America and Asia. It also examines the extent of inclusion or exclusion of domestic workers from key working conditions laws. In particular, it analyses how many domestic workers are covere ...; [Read more...] This volume presents national statistics and new global and regional estimates on the number of domestic workers. It shows that domestic workers represent a significant share of the labour force worldwide and that domestic work is an important source of wage employment for women, especially in Latin America and Asia. It also examines the extent of inclusion or exclusion of domestic workers from key working conditions laws. In particular, it analyses how many domestic workers are covered by working time provisions, minimum wage legislation and maternity protection. The results demonstrate that under current national laws, substantial gaps in protection still remain.
The volume concludes with a summary of the main findings and a reflection on the relevance of the newly adopted international standards to extend legal protection to domestic workers.

Abstract: Il significativo aumento, in Europa, delle “dual-earner famiglie” ha ridefinito i ruoli di genere nella gestione dei compiti domestici e di cura, modificando la tradizionale divisione sessuale del lavoro. Gli studi condotti nei diversi paesi hanno evidenziato che il tempo trascorso dai padri con i figli è concretamente cresciuto in questi ultimi anni. Ma cosa favorisce la cura paterna? È possibile identificare delle caratteristiche che incoraggiano la condivisione nella cura familiare? ...; [Read more...] Il significativo aumento, in Europa, delle “dual-earner famiglie” ha ridefinito i ruoli di genere nella gestione dei compiti domestici e di cura, modificando la tradizionale divisione sessuale del lavoro. Gli studi condotti nei diversi paesi hanno evidenziato che il tempo trascorso dai padri con i figli è concretamente cresciuto in questi ultimi anni. Ma cosa favorisce la cura paterna? È possibile identificare delle caratteristiche che incoraggiano la condivisione nella cura familiare? In questo studio i padri sono stati innanzitutto distinti in padri high care e padri low care; inoltre, tenendo conto delle ipotesi presenti in letteratura, è stato costruito un modello logistico per studiare la probabilità, stanti alcune caratteristiche dei padri e delle madri (ad esempio titolo di studio, tipo di lavoro, numero ed età dei figli ecc.), che il partner sia un «padre high care». Lo studio mostra che il livello di condivisione dei padri nella cura familiare è influenzato più dalle caratteristiche della donna che da quelle dell’uomo e, in particolare, dalla sua condizione lavorativa, dai modelli femminili di riferimento e dal tessuto socio-culturale del territorio di residenza. Questo esito può fornire uno spunto di riflessione interessante, soprattutto in termini di policy.

The relevant increase, in Europe, of the dual-earner families has redefined the gender roles in domestic work and care, modifying the traditional sexual division of labor. Studies carried out in several countries have shown that the time spent by fathers with children is actually grown in recent years. But, what does support paternal care? Is it possible to identify the characteristics that encourage family care sharing? In this study, fathers have been divided, first of all, into high care fathers and low care fathers; then, taking into account hypotheses in literature, a logistic model has been built in order to study the probability, given some fathers and mothers characteristics (eg. education, kind of job, number and age of children, etc.), that the partner is a “high care father”. The study shows that the level of family care sharing is most influenced by the characteristics of the woman (rather than those of the man and), in particular, by her employment status, by female models of reference and by sociocultural features of the territory of residence. This outcome may be an interesting starting point for thought, especially in terms of policy.

Abstract: This anthology presents new research related to welfare state, child care policies and small children's every day lives in early childhood education and care in institutions in Europe. By uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives as well as historical and comparative approaches, institutionalization as a feature of modern child life is discussed. The anthology takes as a point of departure a close connection between labor market and work life on one side and develo ...; [Read more...] This anthology presents new research related to welfare state, child care policies and small children's every day lives in early childhood education and care in institutions in Europe. By uniting recent social childhood research, welfare perspectives as well as historical and comparative approaches, institutionalization as a feature of modern child life is discussed. The anthology takes as a point of departure a close connection between labor market and work life on one side and development of particular care arrangements for small children on another. Both the labour market and day-care institutions are influenced by similar concepts such as flexibility, neo-liberal approaches, and user-orientation. In light of recent changes in ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) policy and various adult constructions of (good) childhoods, this collection explores how girls and boys are together working out identities like the 'active and participant child', 'the natural child', 'the flexible child', and 'the individual child'.

Abstract: Il volume ripercorre i tratti salienti del fenomeno del badantato e indaga sugli strumenti che potrebbero agevolare il passaggio verso la strada della legalità dei rapporti di lavoro, la qualità dei servizi erogati e la sostenibilità delle condizioni contrattuali che legano famiglie e badanti. Illustra inoltre l’intervento prototipale ed i risultati ottenuti dal progetto Equal “I Mestieri Invisibili” in provincia di Chieti.

Abstract: Il saggio propone una riflessione sul lavoro domestico, dalla sua definizione legislativa per poi focalizzarsi sulle ragioni delle diffuse irregolarità e concludendo con alcune proposte per il superamento delle irregolarità del settore, con un focus particolare sulla tutela procedurale.