Work, family, health, and well-being / edited by Suzanne M. Bianchi, Lynne M. Casper, Rosalind Berkowitz King.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Kathleen E. Christensen -- Complex connections: a multidisciplinary look at work, family, health, and well-being research / Suzanne M. Bianchi [and others] -- Part I: Time, Work, and Family -- Time allocation in families / Suzanne M. Bianchi, Sara B. Raley -- Embracing complexity: work schedules and family life in a 24/7 economy / Harriet B. Presser -- Work, family, and children's time: implications for youth / Ann C. Crouter, Susan M. McHale -- Timely and timeless: working parents and their children / Barbara Schneider, Linda Waite -- Part II: The "Work" in Work and Family -- Work and family life: the perspective of employers / Harry J. Holzer -- Workplace policies and practices to support work and families / Ellen Ernst Kossek -- Work-family culture: key to reducing workforce-workplace mismatch? / Cynthia A. Thompson [and others] -- Filling the gap by redesigning work / Lotte Bailyn -- Can employers be good neighbors? Redesigning workplace-community interface / Ann Bookman -- Government policies as external influences on work-family trade-offs / Richard Wertheimer [and others] -- Part III: Disciplinary Perspectives in the Study of Work and Family -- Psychological perspectives on the work-family interface / Debra A. Major, Jeanette N. Cleveland -- An economic perspective on work, family, and well-being / Arleen A. Leibowitz -- Anthropology and the workplace-workforce mismatch / Charles N. Darrah -- Sociological perspectives on work and family / Jennifer Glass -- Work and family research: a public policy perspective / Jane Waldfogel -- Part IV: Parental Employment and Outcomes for Children -- A psychological perspective on the health and well-being consequences of parental employment / Rena Repetti -- Work-family mismatch through a child developmental lens / Martha Zaslow [and others] -- When do we know what we think we know? Determining causality / Janet Currie -- Work-family mismatch and child health and well-being: a review of the economics research / Sanders Korenman, Robert Kaestner -- How well do government and employer policies. support working parents? / ChristopherJ. Ruhm -- Part V: Gender and Employment, Caregiving and Health -- Gender perspectives on work and personal life research / Joyce K. Fletcher -- Gender, work, and family well-being in the United States / Pamela J. Smock, Mary Noonan -- Effects of marriage, divorce, and widowhood on health / Ross M. Stolzenberg, Linda J. Waite -- Work and family issues for midlife women / Eliza K. Pavalko, Fang Gong -- Part VI: Occupations, Workplace Settings, and Health of Families -- The impact of occupational injuries and illnesses on families / Allard E. Dembe -- Labor markets and health: a social epidemiological view / Benjamin C. Amick III, Cam Mustard -- A systematic approach to the assessment of the psychological work environment and the associations with family-work conflict / Tage S. Kristensen [and others] -- Part VII: Low-Income Families and Work, Care, Health, and Well-Being -- Work in the working class: challenges facing families / Maureen Perry-Jenkins -- Nonstandard work and child-care needs of low-income parents / Julia R. Henly, Susan Lambert -- Health and mothers' employment in low-income families / Linda M. Burton [and others] -- Global transformations in work and family / Jody Heymann [and others] -- Part VIII: Conclusion -- Forging the Future in Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being Research / Lynne M. Casper [and others].

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This work grew out of a conference held in Washington, D.C. in June 2003 on "Workforce/Workplace Mismatch: Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being" sponsored by the National Institute of Health (NIH). The text considers multiple dimensions of health and well-being for workers and their families, children, and communities.

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