Labour and Social Conditions for Reconciling of Paid and Unpaid Work – Problem Areas, Best Practics, Possible Decisions

Alla Kirova

Economic Thought journal, 2007, issue 3, 24-44

Abstract: Based on the evaluation of the respective working and social practice in Europe and in Bulgaria concrete recommendations for possible decisions and measures for achievement the balance between work and family life are suggested in the following defined problem areas: practical applying of the different forms of flexible male and female employment; stimulating of the fathers’ participation in assistance of mothers after birth and raising the children; implementation of schemes for flexible use of different kinds of parental leave; giving legal rights for use of long-time family leave like “career breaks leave”; improvement of the currently functioning infrastructure for services and institutions for child care; development of a system for deinstitutionalized care for old people.

JEL-codes: J16 J22 R29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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