Balancing acts
Subtitle: easing the burdens & improving the options for working families : a conference volume
By: Eileen Appelbaum, ed. ; contributors, Eileen Appelbaum ... [et al.].
Contributors: Appelbaum, Eileen, 1940-; Economic Policy Institute.
Publisher: Economic Policy Institute
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Work and family -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "The 'Balancing Acts' symposium held in Washington, D.C., in late spring 1999"--p. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Symposium sponsored by the Economic Policy Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program on Working Families, and the U.S. Dept. of Labor Workforce/Workplace of the Future Project"--p [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: The new realities of family life and the workplace: is there a mismatch? / Eileen Appelbaum; title: Setting the stage: work and family lives of Americans / Suzanne M. Bianchi; title: The time-squeeze in American families: from causes to solutions / Marin Clarkberg; title: Cultural dilemmas in changing work and family life in the United States / Tom  Fricke; title: Problems facing the working poor / Marlene Kim; title: Promoting workforce effectiveness and life quality: early evidence from the Cornell couples and careers study / Phyllis Moen ... [et al]; title: On the high wire: how the working poor juggle job and family responsibilities / Katherine S. Newman; title: Helping families with young children navigate work and family life; title: Ellen Galinsky, James T. Bond; title: Balancing work and family: effects of high-performance work systems and high-commitment workplaces / Eileen Appelbaum, Peter Berg, Arne L. Kalleberg; title: Labor unions speak for working families / Netsy Firestein and the Labor Project for Working Families; title: A coming of age: work/life flexibility / Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes.