Fathers’ Parental Leave Uptake in Belgium and Sweden: Self-Evident or Subject to Employment Characteristics?

Marynissen, Leen; Mussino, Eleonora; Wood, Jonas; Duvander, Ann‐Zofie

doi:10.3390/socsci8110312

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“…This is important, considering access to leave does not necessarily equate to the uptake of leave. For example, in Sweden, about 80 percent of fathers and almost all mothers use parental leave ( Marynissen et al, 2019 ). In contrast, in Belgium, Marynissen et al (2019) found that only 5.8 percent of Belgian fathers used parental leave in the first two years following the birth of their first child between 2001 and 2010.…”

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Paid family leave and children health outcomes in OECD countries

Khan

2020

Children and Youth Services Review

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Highlights This study makes a case for the adoption of paid family leave in U.S. Currently, U.S. does not have a national paid family leave program. Paid maternity leave substantially improves health outcome of children. Due to recency and amount of paid paternity leave, impact is not as obvious. Paid family leave has a lagged impact, and takes a few years to show its benefits.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Paid family leave and children health outcomes in OECD countries

Khan

2020

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…It was, therefore, more generic than earlier laws on anti-racism and gender equity in the labor market. Although this resulted in a smaller pay gap between men and women, women's labor is still more often part-time than is men's labor (Marynissen et al 2019). Women's labor is also overrepresented in sectors with lower earnings (Pillinger 2016).…”

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Single Mothers’ Perspectives on the Combination of Motherhood and Work

Gasse

Mortelmans

2020

Social Sciences

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This study aims to define the perspectives taken by single mothers when combining work and motherhood in a stressful work–life constellation. One of the challenges for single mothers after divorce is to find a work–life balance in their single-parent family system. Regarding work-life balance, we take a General Strain Perspective, describing the work-life conflict as a combination of financial strain and role strain. We argue that both strains are the most problematic for single mothers in comparison to their married and/or male counterparts, as both finances and parenthood ideologies are more under pressure. For this reason, we explore how single mothers coped with this strain, answering the question: ‘Which perspectives on the combination motherhood and work do single mothers take in their attempt to balance role strain and financial strain after divorce?’ To answer this research question, we used a qualitative approach, based on 202 in-depth interviews with single mothers in Belgium. These interviews involved two groups: A primary research population of 13 single mothers and an elaborative research population of 189 single mothers. Timelines were used to structure the single mothers’ narratives. The analysis resulted in the contruction of a typology of four different perspectives based on how single mothers dealt with maternal role strain and financial strain: the re-invented motherhood perspective, the work-family symbiosis perspective, the work-centered motherhood perspective and the work-family conflicted perspective. We found that perspective of single mothers in their work-life strain can be described by the flexibility and/or strictness in either their motherhood ideology and/or their work context. These results point at the needs for policymakers, employers, and practitioners to focus on initiatives improving the work–life balance of single mothers by reducing financial and role strains.

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“…To account for potential differences in sample characteristics across universities, we preregistered as covariates participants' study major, age, and subjective socioeconomic status (SES), each of which have been linked to parental leave uptake (Borràs et al, 2018;Geisler & Kreyenfeld, 2019;Ma et al, 2020;Marynissen et al, 2019; see SI for control variables).…”

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Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

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Grootel²,

Block³

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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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Fathers’ Parental Leave Uptake in Belgium and Sweden: Self-Evident or Subject to Employment Characteristics?

Cited by 17 publications

References 53 publications

Paid family leave and children health outcomes in OECD countries

Paid family leave and children health outcomes in OECD countries

Single Mothers’ Perspectives on the Combination of Motherhood and Work

Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

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