In a panoramic study that draws on diverse sources, Jerry Jacobs
and Kathleen Gerson explain why and how time pressures have emerged
and what we can do to alleviate them. In contrast to the
conventional wisdom that all Americans are overworked, they show
that time itself has become a form of social inequality that is
dividing Americans in new ways--between the overworked and the
underemployed, women and men, parents and non-parents. They piece
together a compelling story of the increasing mismatch between our
economic system and the needs of American families, sorting out
important trends such as the rise of demanding jobs and the
emergence of new pressures on dual earner families and single
parents.
Comparing American workers with their European peers, Jacobs
and Gerson also find that policies that are simultaneously
family-friendly and gender equitable are not fully realized in any
of the countries they examine. As a consequence, they argue that
the United States needs to forge a new set of solutions that offer
American workers new ways to integrate work and family life.
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