@incollection{HippSchlueterMolina2022,
  author    = {Hipp, Lena and Schl{\"u}ter, Charlotte and Molina, Stefania},
  title     = {The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies},
  series = {Research handbook on leave policy},
  booktitle = {Research handbook on leave policy},
  editor    = {Dobrotić, Ivana and Blum, Sonja and Koslowski, Alison},
  publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing},
  address   = {Cheltenham, UK},
  isbn      = {978-1-80037-221-4},
  doi       = {10.4337/9781800372214.00036},
  pages     = {338 -- 352},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {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.},
  language  = {en}
}