TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hipp, Lena
A1  - Schlüter, Charlotte
A1  - Molina, Stefania
ED  - Dobrotić, Ivana
ED  - Blum, Sonja
ED  - 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
SN  - 978-1-80037-221-4
SN  - 978-1-80037-220-7
U6  - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372214.00036
SP  - 338
EP  - 352
PB  - Edward Elgar Publishing
CY  - Cheltenham, UK
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Verwiebe, Roland
ED  - Maggino, Filomena
T1  - Social institutions
T2  - Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research
N2  - Social institutions are a system of behavioral and relationship patterns that are densely interwoven and enduring and function across an entire society. They order and structure the behavior of individuals in core areas of society and thus have a strong impact on the quality of life of individuals. Institutions regulate the following: (a) family and relationship networks carry out social reproduction and socialization; (b) institutions in the realm of education and training ensure the transmission and cultivation of knowledge, abilities, and specialized skills; (c) institutions in the labor market and economy provide for the production and distribution of goods and services; (d) institutions in the realm of law, governance, and politics provide for the maintenance of the social order; (e) while cultural, media, and religious institutions further the development of contexts of meaning, value orientations, and symbolic codes.
Y1  - 2024
SN  - 978-3-031-17298-4
SN  - 978-3-031-17299-1
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_2768
SP  - 6598
EP  - 6600
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -