Taking the low road : the political economy of household services in Europe / Nathalie Morel and Clément Carbonnier -- The politics of subsidizing domestic services in Europe -- The politics of tax exemptions for household services in France / Virginie Guiraudon, Clémence Ledoux -- Creating a "personal services" sector in France / Florence Jany-Catrice -- The politics of domestic outsourcing in Finland and Sweden / Heikki Hiilamo -- State policies encouraging the outsourcing of personal and household labour in Germany : familialism and women's employment in conservative welfare states / Karen Shire -- Taking the low road? : the development of a low-end service economy for Europe -- Clean homes on dirty conditions? : regulation and working conditions in the domestic work sector in Sweden / Catharina Calleman -- Employment quality in the sector of personal and household services : status and impact of public policies in France / François-Xavier Devetter, Marion Lefebvre -- Regulating migrants as a low-cost solution : the formalisation of a dual care labour market in Austria / Juliane Winkelmann, Andrea E. Schmidt, Kai Leichsenring -- Money well spent? : services used, beneficiaries and employment effect of these policies -- Matthew runs amok : the Belgian service voucher scheme / Ive Marx, Dieter Vandelannoote -- The Swedish rut-deduction : a subsidy for formal employment or for high income earners' leisure time? / Anita Nyberg -- The Finnish tax reduction for domestic costs : consumption patterns / Kristiina Aalto -- Job creation, public cost and distributive profile of tax allowances for household services in France / Clément Carbonnier.