Design Matters Most: Changing Social Gaps in the Use of Fathers’ Leave in Spain

Jurado-Guerrero, Teresa; Comet, Jacobo Muñoz

doi:10.1007/s11113-020-09592-w

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“…Notably, leave length was largely associated with women's, rather than men's, leave intentions. This finding aligns with previous research suggesting that whereas women take advantage of unpaid leave, men do not utilize leave unless it is highly paid or offered to them exclusively (Castro-García & Pazos-Moran, 2016;Jurado-Guerrero & Muñoz-Comet, 2021;Patnaik, 2019).…”

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“…In contrast, women tended to take most of the paid leave offered to them, not only leave paid at a high rate (for similar findings, see Duvander & Johansson, 2012; Geisler & Kreyenfeld, 2019; O'Brien, 2009). Longitudinal studies also show that policies play a key role in eliciting change, as introducing incentives for fathers to take parental leave increases gender‐equitable norms and leave uptake (Jurado‐Guerrero & Muñoz‐Comet, 2021; Omidakhsh et al, 2020).…”

Section: Individual Gender Attitudes and The Gender Gap In Childcarementioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

Olsson

Grootel

Block

et al. 2023

Political Psychology

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Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender-based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental-leave intentions in young adults (18-30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental-leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental-leave policies and women's political representation partially explained cross-national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender-egalitarian parental-leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross-national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross-national variations in women's (rather than men's) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender-egalitarian policies (linked to men's higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men's leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed.

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Section: Individual Gender Attitudes and The Gender Gap In Childcarementioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

Olsson

Grootel

Block

et al. 2023

Political Psychology

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“…Furthermore, the fathers' schooling level is also revealed as a significant factor in the expected sense: regardless of the child's age, the higher the father's level of education, the greater his involvement. As other research (Jurado-Guerrero & Muñoz-Comet, 2021) shows, the father's level of education has a positive relationship with paternal involvement and with the importance fathers place on the activities they do with their children at an early age. In the case of the woman's schooling level, there is an inverse relationship, controlling for the effects of other variables, although its weight is light and it is found mainly when the baby is very young.…”

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The Impact of Paternity Leave Compared to Unemployment on Child Care and Housework Distribution in Spain

Meil

Rogero-García

Romero-Balsas

et al. 2021

Journal of Family Issues

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Paternity leave has been introduced in many countries as a way to foster father´s co-responsibility in family obligations. This study aims \to analyse, for the Spanish case, if (1) the positive effects of the paternity leave are not only limited to the short term, but are maintained at medium and long term; (2) if a similar effect applies in the case of unemployment periods. Based on a subsample of 3388 cases derived from the Spanish Fertility Survey 2018, we perform OLS regression analysis of father´s involvement in childcare and housework. Our analysis shows that longer leaves are related to a greater involvement in care and housework activities, although only in the former, the effect is maintained in the long term. Regarding unemployed fathers, these individuals show more involvement in childcare during the first year, but the effect vanishes later and there is no significant relationship with housework.

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“…In contrast, women tended to take most of the paid leave offered to them, not only leave paid at a high rate (for similar findings, see Duvander & Johansson, 2012;Geisler & Kreyenfeld, 2019;O'Brien, 2009). Longitudinal studies also show that policies play a key role in eliciting change, as introducing incentives for fathers to take parental leave increases gender-equitable norms and leave uptake (Jurado-Guerrero & Muñoz-Comet, 2021;Omidakhsh et al, 2020).…”

Section: National Policies Societal Gender Equality and The Gender Ga...mentioning

confidence: 91%

Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

olsson¹,

Grootel²,

Block³

et al. 2022

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Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender-based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental leave intentions in young adults (18-30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental leave policies and women’s political representation partially explained cross-national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender-egalitarian parental leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross-national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross-national variations in women’s (rather than men’s) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender-egalitarian policies (linked to men’s higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men’s leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed.

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Design Matters Most: Changing Social Gaps in the Use of Fathers’ Leave in Spain

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

The Impact of Paternity Leave Compared to Unemployment on Child Care and Housework Distribution in Spain

Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

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