Grandparent childcare: negotiating work and care across generations

该项目旨在调查当代澳大利亚父母和祖父母如何以及为什么分担育儿责任。它使用混合方法和创新的概念方法，重点是父母-祖父母照顾二人组，预计将产生关于跨代就业和儿童保育的家庭内谈判及其与社会和经济政策的关系的重要新知识。该项目预计将确定满足儿童、父母和祖父母需求的可持续就业-育儿做法。显著的好处包括为旨在加强性别和代际公平、促进妇女参与劳动力和提高国家生产力的新政策提供信息。

This project aims to investigate how and why parents and grandparents share childcare responsibilities in contemporary Australia. Using mixed methods and an innovative conceptual approach with a central focus on parent-grandparent care dyads, it expects to generate critical new knowledge of intra-family negotiations about employment and childcare provision across generations, and their relationship with social and economic policy. The project expects to identify sustainable employment-childcare practices that meet the needs of children, parents and grandparents. Significant benefits include informing new policies aimed to enhance both gender and generational equity, promote women’s workforce participation, and boost national productivity.