Who “Cares” for Me (P22)

... And Nobody Cares for Me!

life. But, before going further, perhaps a few words about the school and Jimmy's place in it may not come amiss. Secondary Modern in type, and built jointly by the North Riding of Yorkshire Local Education Authority and the Joseph Rowntree Village Trust, the school was opened in 1942 by the Right Hon. R. A. Butler, M.P., then President of the Board. The Trust's connection with it has enabled t...

Who Cares for Children?

My search for answers began in Birmingham in 1932 with the scientific humanity of Leonard Parsons; it found its main direction in James Spence's Newcastle where, for fifteen of my twenty-seven years there I crossed almost daily the frontier between home and hospital to make some 3,000 visits to every kind of family in every circumstance of life. Then clinical and academic colleagues brought the...

Who cares?

Who Cares for Social Image?∗

Even though the interaction of intrinsic motivation and concerns for social approval has important implications both for crowding out of intrinsic motivation through incentives and for producer choices, little is known about this interaction empirically. We present a laboratory experiment that provides evidence of a relevant interaction effect in the context of ethical consumption. We elicit a ...

Who cares for me? Grandparents, nannies and babysitters caring for children in contemporary Italy.

This paper illustrates the factors and features of the revival of paid care and domestic work in Italy. While Italy is experiencing a boom in the recourse to carers for the elderly, there is not a corresponding expansion in paid private childcare, in spite of growing female employment and limited public services for children. One of the reasons for this is the growing involvement of grandparent...