The Widening Gap

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The Widening Gap is written by Jody Heymann and published by Basic Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0465012272 (ISBN 10) and 9780465012275 (ISBN 13).

This hard-hitting book draws on the first systematic national research on how the need to meet family obligations is affecting working Americans of all social classes and ethnic groups. What happens when kids get sick? When an elderly parent is hospitalized? How do poor families cope with work-family demands? Jody Heymann's research points to a widening gap between working families and the health and development of children. Outdated labor policy and practice must be brought into the twenty-first century, argues Heymann. To do less is to abandon the precepts of equal opportunity on which America is founded.