Essays about: "Parental leave policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words Parental leave policy.

1. 1. When conservative parties propose policies for caring fathers: Policy-framing analysis of parental leave reforms in Germany and Japan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Sho Sasaki; [2023]
   Keywords : Policy Framing; Parental Leave; Caring Fathers; Japan; Germany; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Parental leave policies for fathers are introduced to promote father’s caregiving and gender equality in childcare. Even though the majority of father-friendly policy reforms were led by social democratic parties, a few conservative catch-all parties also proposed policies to promote father’s caregiving. READ MORE

3. 2. Female Labor Force Participation and its Driving Forces : A Comparison Study between Japan and Sweden

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Jianwei Li; Yuyi Song; [2022]
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   Abstract : One of the interesting phenomenal observed in developed nation is high female labor force participation rate and relatively low fertility rate. Japan has a considerable proportion of its aging population affected by its low fertility rate, while Sweden still has a relatively healthy population structure with slightly above average fertility rate among OECD nations since 2002. READ MORE

4. 3. Paid Parental Leave and Women Labor force Participation : The case of Sweden

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Elvira Gustavsson; Lina Fogel; [2022]
   Keywords : Parental leave; Maternity leave; Paternity leave; Women labor force participation; Equality;

   Abstract : Our paper analyzes how paid parental leave schemes affect female labor force participation in Sweden. We examine this question on municipality level from 2003 to 2019. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of a policy reform made in 2016 and analyze how it mainly affects women and their participation rate. READ MORE

5. 4. Parental leave policy and reproductive work : A quantitative study of men’s share of housework and care work in 27 countries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Annie Nylén; [2022]
   Keywords : Parental leave policy; Reproductive work; Care work; Housework; Unpaid work; Domestic work; Attitudes; Gender;

   Abstract : The gender division of care work and housework is a product of numerous factors, both individual and national. By using the ‘Equal Gender Division of Labour’ (EGDL) indicator developed by Dearing (2016a), this thesis assesses correlations between parental leave policy and division of reproductive labour in 27 countries. READ MORE

6. 5. A Cross-Country Comparison of Family Policies in the Three Nordic Countries : Comparing formal childcare and parental leave policiesof Sweden, Finland, and Denmark

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

   Author : Suh Kyung Lee; [2021]
   Keywords : Employment; family policy; formal childcare; Nordic welfare states; parental leave;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to compare family policies between three Nordic countries. Specifically, the differences and similarities of family policies between the three Nordic countries – Sweden, Finland, and Denmark – regarding formal childcare, parental leave, and parents’ employment are analyzed through a qualitative research method, document analysis. READ MORE