SOCIOL 2U06 Lecture Notes - Parental Leave, Cash Transfers, Child Support
31 Oct 2013
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Chapter 33 of fox shelley phipps lessons from europe for canada. Examines germany, france, finland, sweden: compares their social policies to ours. Not expected to memorize the specific details of countries and their specific policies: more about how canada looks in comparison to other countries, social policies seem better in euro than in canada. Main argument is that the major economic and social changes have led to greater economic instability in canada: higher rates of child poverty and single parent poverty in canada as compared to other industrialized countries. For single parent families poverty rates much higher when the single parent is not working and reliant on gov"t support. Women"s labour force participation decreases poverty when both parents are in the labour force and increases poverty when only one parent is in the labour force. Similar social and economic trends in euro and canada: high divorce rates. Similar rates in some euro countries: declining fertility, gender gap in earnings.
