@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp1662, author={Budd, John W. and Mumford, Karen A.}, title={Family-Friendly Work Practices in Britain: Availability and Perceived Accessibility}, year={2005}, month={Jul}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={1662}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1662}, abstract={Using linked data for British workplaces and employees we find a low base rate of workplace-level availability for five family-friendly work practices – parental leave, paid leave, job sharing, subsidized child care, and working at home – and a substantially lower rate of individual-level perceived accessibility. Our results demonstrate that statistics on workplace availability drastically overstate the extent to which employees perceive that family-friendly are accessible to them personally. British workplaces appear to be responding slowly and perhaps disingenuously to pressures to enhance family-friendly work practices. }, keywords={family friendly;perceived;access;availability}, }