This book presents a novel study of how much control people have over their time and work-life balance.;12 Gender regimes and temporal autonomyPart V Household regimes matter; 13 How household regimes differ; 14 The difference that household rules make; 15 The difference that states make; 16 Alternative household rules and temporal autonomy; Part VI Conclusions; 17 Conclusions; Appendix 1: Methodology; A1.1 Introductory notes; A1.2 Actual households; A1.3 Alternative households; A1.4 Decomposing net income into gross income and mandatory social-insurance contributions in the 1994 French LIS data set; Appendix 2: Data; Bibliography; Index.;Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Part I Introduction; 1 Time and money; 2 Discretionary time and temporal autonomy; 3 The distribution of discretionary time; Part II Time pressure; 4 Time pressure: a new problem?; 5 Time pressure: a new measure; 6 Is it really an illusion?; Part III Welfare regimes matter; 7 How welfare regimes differ; 8 A temporal perspective on welfare regimes; 9 Welfare regimes and temporal autonomy; Part IV Gender regimes matter; 10 How gender regimes differ; 11 A temporal perspective on gender regimes.