| Abstract [eng] |
Analysis of the Family Policies Efficiency in Lithuania, Italy and the Netherlands The main purpose of this thesis to analyze and compare the determined factors of the effectiveness of conducive family policies in Lithuania, Italy and the Netherlands. The objectives of the research to achieve the goal are the following ones: to describe the conception of a conducive family policy, and the way the family policy makes impact on usual family lives; to determine what are family-friendly policy measures dealing with the harmonization of family and work problems; to compare conducive family-friendly policy means of the analyzed countries and their implementation (to provide recommendations). The research method is descriptive statistics data. The data was collected from OECD and Europe Social Survey online for the accomplishment of the research. The comparative analysis consists of the comparisons of family-friendly policies indicators in Lithuania, Italy and the Netherlands. The analysis revealed that in Lithuania maternity, paternity, parental /child care leave are implemented in the most positive manner, while in Holland family-friendly policies are not only mostly concerned with the child-care services, but also flexible working forms for families are highly prevalent ones. Furthermore, the analysis showed that the statistical mean of evaluation regarding job satisfaction between people who have children and the ones who do not is distributed evenly in Italy, Holland and Lithuania. However, in Lithuania the respondents who do not have children evaluated the satisfaction with work and leisure in a more conducive way compared to the respondents who have children. To sum up, the research revealed the effectiveness of Italian, Dutch and Lithuanian family-friendly measures according to the individuals’ evaluation of job satisfaction and satisfaction with the balance of work and leisure. |
