This research compares the positioning of women entrepreneurs through entrepreneurship
policy over two decades (1989–2012) in Sweden and the United States. Given Sweden's …

Purpose The objective of the study is to identify the themes of “family friendly practices” and
to perform a literature review. The research aims to identify the emerging trends in the area …

Using data on all businesses started by mothers of young children in Sweden between 2000
and 2014, we explore which factors are associated with entrepreneurship among mothers …

Purpose Given the reality that working mothers experience difficulties in achieving work-
family balance because of the social restrictions that arise from parenting combined with …

Objectives Work-family conflict (WFC) has severe negative effects on workers' health and
well-being. This study examined whether parents' WFC also affects the well-being of their …

This study analyses preferences regarding leave length, gender division of leave, and leave
financing in four countries with different welfare-state and leave regimes. Embedded in a …

The prevailing gender ideologies in the Nordic countries generally support the equal
division of work and family life between men and women, including the equal sharing of …

Within developing countries, studies addressing the effects of maternity benefits on fertility,
infant/child health, and women's labor force participation are limited and provide …

An accepted framework for 'gendering'the analysis of welfare regimes compares countries
by degrees of 'defamilialization'or how far their family policies support or undermine …

This book reflects enormous ongoing interest in work–life balance (WLB), as well as
pressing concerns about the impacts of the post-2008 recession on individuals, workplaces …