Family Policy in Iceland
An Overview
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23199668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guðný Björk Eydal (0000-0001-8938-7384, University of Iceland), Guðný Eydal, Stefan Olafsson (0000-0002-3549-8705, University of Iceland) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Pages | 109-127 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Family Policies in the Context of Family Change (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-531-90895-3_6 |
| OpenAlex | W2101610956 |
| ISBN | 9783531908953 |
| Language | DE |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
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.
Child care · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Icelandic · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Workforce · Demography · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |