Essays about: "home childcare allowance"

Found 2 essays containing the words home childcare allowance.

1. 1. Are there any effects of the cash for care policy on female employment in Sweden?

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Giuliana Giuliani; [2015]
   Keywords : cash for care; home childcare allowance; CFC; family policies; Swedish family policies; female employment; vårdnadsbidrag;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the effects of the cash for care policy (CFC, in Swedish vårdnadsbidrag) on female employment in Sweden. The CFC was introduced in Sweden in 2008. READ MORE

3. 2. Convergence, continuity and contradictions: a cross-national comparative study of family policy in Sweden and the United Kingdom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Elin Ennerberg; [2010]
   Keywords : family policy; female employment; welfare regimes; globalisation; convergence; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Family policy and its role in increasing female employment is a concern for national governments as well as supranational organisations such as the EU. The purpose of this thesis is to examine recent developments in family policy in Sweden and the UK, such as the introduction of a home care allowance in Sweden and proposals for flexible parental leave in the UK, to see whether there is policy convergence in the area of family policy between these two countries. READ MORE