Family Policies in Germany Third report for the project ‚Welfare Policies and Employment in the Context of Family Change‘. Drafted for the meeting 8-9 October in Utrecht, Netherlands. Ilona Ostner Michael Reif Hannu Turba Institute of Social Policy Georg-August-University Platz der Goettinger Sieben 3 D-37083 Goettingen ++49-551-39-7243 iostner@gwdg.de michael-reif@web.de Hturba@gmx.de Christoph Schmitt Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Goettingen (SOFI) Friedlaender Weg 34 D-37085 Goettingen cschmit2@gwdg.de