The Impact of Taking Parental Leave on Fathers’ Participation In Childcare And Relationships With Children: Lessons from Sweden

Consecuencias del permiso de paternidad en el reparto de tareas y cuidados en la pareja

“…En 1992 la Unión Europea hace recomendaciones a los países miembros, y en 1996 obliga a introducir medidas de permiso individuales de, al menos, tres meses de duración para padres y madres, que deben ser intransferibles hasta que el niño biológico o adoptado cumpla ocho años (Bruning y Plantenga, 1999;Haas y Hwang, 2008). La última directiva de la Comisión Europea, de 2010 (2010/18/EU), amplía el periodo mínimo del permiso parental a los cuatro meses, siendo al menos uno de los cuatro meses intransferible.…”

“…They used a sample of 1,266 households. Haas and Hwang (2008), using a sample of 365 fathers in Sweden, found that the longer fathers had off from work after the birth of a child, the greater their participation in childcare. Castellano Serrano et al (2013), with a representative sample of 1,130 households in the Community of Madrid, found that the more days fathers had off from work (leaves and vacations) after the birth of their child, the greater the level of equality in the division of the more routine tasks in childcare.…”

“…In 1992, the EU made recommendations to its member countries, and in 1996 it required them to introduce measures for individual leaves of at least three months for fathers and mothers, which had to be nontransferable up until the biological or adopted child reached eight years of age (Bruning and Plantenga, 1999;Haas and Hwang, 2008). The most recent European Commission directive in 2010 (2010/18/EU), extended the mínimum period of parental leave to four months, with at least one of the four months being non-transferable.…”

The Impact of Paternity Leave on Fathers’ Future Earnings

“…Using U.S. survey data, Han et al (2009) demonstrated that fathers typically take short leaves or none at all, and leave laws are correlated with increased leave-taking only during the birth month. Moreover, Nepomnyaschy and Waldfogel (2007) and Haas and Hwang (2008) documented a positive association between paternity leave and father involvement. Our study is particularly related to recent studies that have investigated how fathers are affected by the introduction of a paternity-leave quota.…”

Föräldraledighet, omsorgspolitik och jämställdhet i Norden

“…Det er ikke nødvendigvis det å ta permisjon i seg selv som har be-tydning for fedrenes tidsbruk og ansvar for barneomsorgen. Også Haas og Hwang (2008) viser at lengden på permisjonen har betydning. De fedrene i deres undersøkelse som tok lang permisjon, var de som også uttrykte størst tilfredsstillelse med den kontakten de hadde med barna.…”