The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies
- 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.
Author details: | Lena HippORCiDGND, Charlotte Schlüter, Stefania Molina |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800372214.00036 |
ISBN: | 978-1-80037-221-4 |
ISBN: | 978-1-80037-220-7 |
Title of parent work (English): | Research handbook on leave policy |
Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Place of publishing: | Cheltenham, UK |
Editor(s): | Ivana Dobrotić, Sonja Blum, Alison Koslowski |
Publication type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2022/12/09 |
Publication year: | 2022 |
Release date: | 2024/03/07 |
Tag: | employment; gender equality; parental leave; policy implementation; workplace culture |
Number of pages: | 15 |
First page: | 338 |
Last Page: | 352 |
Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften / Fachgruppe Soziologie |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
Peer review: | Nicht ermittelbar |