TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hipp, Lena
A1  - Schlüter, Charlotte
A1  - Molina, Stefania
A2  - Dobrotić, Ivana
A2  - Blum, Sonja
A2  - Koslowski, Alison
T1  - The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies
T2  - Research handbook on leave policy
N2  - Although mothers and fathers in almost all rich democracies are entitled to some form of paid parenting leave, fathers in particular do not take all the leave available to them. As employers play an important role in the implementation of parenting leave policies, this chapter investigates which workplace characteristics influence mothers' and fathers' uptake of their statutory leave entitlements. In Part 1, we estimate the size of the gap between statutory leave entitlement and leave uptake across genders and countries by combining data from the OECD and the European Labor Force Survey. In Parts 2 and 3, we review the literature on structural, cultural, and normative explanations for the gap in parenting leave uptake. We conclude the chapter with suggestions for further research, including the need for reliable data on the size of the implementation gap and research on non-European countries.
KW  - parental leave
KW  - policy implementation
KW  - employment
KW  - workplace culture
KW  - gender equality
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62503
SN  - 978-1-80037-221-4
SN  - 978-1-80037-220-7
SP  - 338
EP  - 352
PB  - Edward Elgar Publishing
CY  - Cheltenham, UK
ER  -