Family policy in Iceland. An overview.

Autor/inn/en	Eydal, Gudny; Olafsson, Stefan
Titel	Family policy in Iceland. An overview. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Familienpolitik in Island. Ein Überblick.
Quelle	Aus: Ostner, Ilona (Hrsg.); Schmitt, Christoph (Hrsg.): Family policies in the context of family change. The Nordic countries in comparative perspective. Wiesbaden: VS Verl. für Sozialwissenschaften (2008) S. 109-127 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen 6; grafische Darstellungen 1
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-531-14564-8
DOI	10.1007/978-3-531-90895-3_6
Schlagwörter	Arbeitsmarkt; Dänemark; Eltern; Familienpolitik; Finnland; Island; Kind; Kindertagesstätte; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Norwegen; Öffentliche Ausgaben; Recht; Schwangerschaftsabbruch; Schweden; Internationaler Vergleich; Ausgaben; Pflicht; Betreuung; Recht; Familienpolitik; Eltern; Kind; Kindertagesstätte; Schwangerschaftsabbruch; Pflicht; Soziale Sicherung; Ausgaben; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Öffentliche Ausgaben; Arbeitsmarkt; Betreuung; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Internationaler Vergleich; Dänemark; Finnland; Island; Norwegen; Schweden
Abstract	"There are more children in Icelandic families than in the other Nordic countries. Workforce participation in Iceland is also amongst the highest in the West. The need for family support is therefore immense. While overall expenditures on families with children in Iceland have converged with those of other Nordic nations in the last few years, the expenditures per child up to age 17 are still significantly lower in Iceland. This is more marked for expenditures on benefits; expenditures on services are comparable with those found in other Nordic countries. During the 1990s, significant policy changes occurred in Iceland, which have improved the legal rights and conditions of families with children. These applied, for example, to rights to paternity and maternity leaves, children's right to receive care from both parents, and a stronger status for joint care. The rights of same-sex couples were significantly enhanced in 2006. Day care services (pre-school) have extensively grown since the early 1990s (increased rates of use and longer care hours) and so have after-school services. On the other hand, expenditures on child benefits have fallen since 1990. It is not clear at this stage whether this has changed the extent of poverty amongst families with children." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2009/1