Working Hours and the Family
Externally reviewed
Working preferences/economic incentives/childcare and divorce/retirement and time-use

Written by: Jens Bonke
There is growing recognition that the family plays a major role in determining how much people want to work, how much they actually work, how much child care – and of what type – they
provide for their families, how well their children cope, and the age at which they choose to retire from the labour market.
Taking the family as its key focus, this book elucidates issues such as these on the basis of data from the Rockwool Foundation Research Unit’s survey of time use and consumption and from
other time use studies. In this way, the book is able to make a nuanced contribution to our understanding of the significance of the family for the economy and wellbeing of society.
Latest releases on the same welfare topic

Research report
Designing Quasi-Markets: The Dynamics of Competition and Consumer Choice in Danish Eldercare
August 2025

Knowledge overview
Fewer elderly people opt for private elder care after reform puts the task out to tender
August 2025

Comment
Researchers: Poor health is not the primary reason people retire
August 2025

Knowledge overview
Early exposure to entrepreneurship fosters the emergence of more successful female entrepreneurs
August 2025