abstract: 'This paper provides a conceptual lens to address the complexity of

  policies involved in reconciling paid work and family responsibilities.

  Our typology classifies policies by how they intervene in the relation

  between paid work and family relations-by alternating paid and unpaid

  work, by transferring unpaid work outside the family or by formalizing

  home-based paid care-and by disaggregating implications for both social

  equity and gender relations (maternalism versus paternal or state

  co-responsibility) across policies. The paper makes a three-fold

  contribution. First, our typology looks at a set of policies rather than

  specific policies or overall policy regimes. Second, it helps

  disaggregate implications for gender and social equity. Third, it allows

  for comparative analysis of small and large numbers of cases across

  policy stages. Although we draw on Latin America,(1) our typology has

  broader application and is especially suited to examining countries with

  high-income inequality.'
affiliation: 'Blofield, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124
  USA.

  Blofield, Merike, Univ Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA.

  Martinez Franzoni, Juliana, Univ Costa Rica, Facio Brenes, Costa Rica.'
author: Blofield, Merike and Martinez Franzoni, Juliana
author-email: juliana.martinez@ucr.ac.cr
author_list:
- family: Blofield
  given: Merike
- family: Martinez Franzoni
  given: Juliana
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/sp/jxu015
eissn: 1468-2893
files: []
issn: 1072-4745
journal: SOCIAL POLITICS
keywords-plus: WOMENS RIGHTS; WELFARE; CARE; NURSES; GENDER; LEAVE; CHILE
language: English
month: SPR
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '64'
pages: 38-59
papis_id: 1e91b8dcaddb2fdf95c3366d398b61f2
ref: Blofield2015maternalismcorespons
times-cited: '53'
title: 'Maternalism, Co-responsibility, and Social Equity: A Typology of Work-Family
  Policies'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000351516500002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '32'
volume: '22'
web-of-science-categories: Social Issues; Women's Studies
year: '2015'