Middle-class single parents

Byun, Young-hwan

doi:10.51952/9781447333654.ch010

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“…Even if they are entitled to parental leave, low-income families are usually less likely to use it (Kil, Wood, and Neels 2018;McKay, Mathieu, and Doucet 2016;Ghysels and Van Lancker 2011). By contrast, generously paid leave was found to reduce single mothers' risk of poverty, increased their chance to reach a middle-class income (Byun 2018;Misra et al 2012), and facilitated continued employment (Nieuwenhuis, Need, and Van Der Kolk 2012).…”

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Making Parental Leave Policies Work for Single Mothers: Lessons from Europe

Bártová¹,

Otto²,

Lancker³

2022

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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It is well documented that national parental leave policies encourage parents’ employment. Research on parental leave, though, has generally failed to draw lessons on how leave policy affects the employment and economic well-being of single parents. We examine the extent to which parental leave policies support the employment of single mothers with children under six years old across twenty-seven European countries, showing that single mothers are more likely to work and to work longer hours if they are eligible for parental leave. For single mothers who were not working before childbirth, eligibility for generous leave benefits and longer parental leave are associated with better employment outcomes after childbirth. We argue that while parental leave sustains employment for working single mothers, it might also facilitate entry into employment for nonworking mothers.

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