What Drives Paternity Leave: Financial Incentives or Flexibility?

Ziegler, Lennart; Bamieh, Omar

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4338212

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“…On average, only about 5.2% of fathers' leave-taking, not including in 2020 and 2021 has increased due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. This proportion is much lower in Northern European countries, where men account for 20% of fathers going on leave (Ziegler & Bamieh 2023). In Germany is 34%, but most fathers' leave-taking decide to take exactly two months of paid leave and few families share paid leave equally between both parents (Huebener et Even though there are so many personal and broader benefits of taking parental leave, approximately 95% of Vietnam dads still don't take leave.…”

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“…breastfeeding, and the nature of the type of housework mothers and fathers must be doing. A special discovery in Ziegler's recherche, infant mortality is reduced by as much as 10% when dads take parental leave (Ziegler & Bamieh 2023). In this study, we looked at whether fathers were concerned about leave issues.…”

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“…Two groups of men changed their behavior: highly educated men and fathers on fixed-term employment contracts. Researched on Ziegler and Bamieh (2023). They used the changes to paid parental leave schemes in Austria to examine the importance of flexibility in leave duration and financial incentives on decisions to take paternity leave.…”

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Encourage Fathers’ Use of Paternal Leave in Vietnam: the Labor Contract Characteristics and Fathers’ Behavior

Pham,

Ngo,

Pham

2023

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Vietnam reformed the maternity regime in 2014, in which male employees currently paying social insurance premiums whose wives give birth to children are entitled to a maternity leave of from 5 to 14 working days. This is widely regarded as a landmark reform that has shifted the Vietnam maternity regime toward a model that is more supportive of the compatibility of work and family life. In this paper, we show that fathers' leave-taking was only about 5,2% of total male employees currently paying social insurance premiums whose wives give birth, even when fathers are on leave period, they spend very little time with their children; despite drastic changes in gender norms in Vietnam, as well as short periods of leave, may have long-lasting effects on fathers’ involvement in newborn care and housework. We also find that groups of fathers, who are cadres and civil servants, as well as those with permanent working contracts profited more strongly from changing their behavior, while self-employment and temporary work lower fathers’ chances of taking leave. Finally, we make some compelling proposals to increase the number of fathers taking parental leave.

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Encourage Fathers’ Use of Paternal Leave in Vietnam: the Labor Contract Characteristics and Fathers’ Behavior

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2023

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“…Even if women have a higher level of education than men, they also have a higher proportion of inactivity, mainly due to family responsibilities, such as looking after the child/children. Thus, some authors who have researched the subject in question expect paternity leave to contribute to a more balanced distribution of parental leave to have a greater potential to reduce gender differences in the labour market (Ziegler & Bamieh, 2023).…”

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The Effects of Paternity Leave and Long-Term Trends: The Case of the Republic of Moldova

CHISTRUGA-SÎNCHEVICI

2023

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The content of the article reflects some results of the sociological study "Implementation of paternity leave in the Republic of Moldova" conducted by the author in 2022. Paternity leave is an important tool that allows to enhance the role of father and husband/partner. Being on paternity leave generated for all fathers participating in the study a positive impact for him, the newborn, the wife and other family members. Although the Moldovan authorities provide suitable conditions for accessing paternity leave, the proportion of fathers taking paternity leave is low. Simply offering paternity leave is not enough, as fathers face many social, professional, financial and cultural difficulties in accessing it. The data from interviews with fathers who took paternity leave and fathers who did not take paternity leave showed that their profile differed according to socio-demographic characteristics, work situation, level of pay, relationship with the wife and her professional status. The article concludes with recommendations to increase the take-up of paternity leave and to increase the number of fathers who are with their mothers and newborn babies after birth to support them and enjoy the full exercise of their role as fathers.

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“…Still, even in later periods, when mothers have exhausted the maximum leave duration, labor supply e↵ects remain modest. 1 1 In our companion paper (Ziegler and Bamieh, 2023), we examine changes in paternity leave and ine survey data from the Austrian Microcensus, which includes the mothers' self-reported labor market states and inquires about the reason for specific labor market choices. Survey responses show that mothers of young children transition only slowly back to the labor market.…”

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