Essays about: "Paternity Leave"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Paternity Leave.

  1. 1. Who cares? : A qualitative interview study about what hinders and what enables equal division of parental leave

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Amanda Lindell; [2023]
    Keywords : gender equality; parental leave; Sweden; gendered ideals;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the persisting gendered division of parental leave in Sweden, where despite policies promoting equal sharing, women still take 70 % of the leave. Aiming to analyze what hinders and what enables equal division of parental leave, I conduct in-depth interviews with eight parents who equally share leave and six parents who do not. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Paternity Leave and Children's Long-Run Educational Outcomes

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Dunia Malezai; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : How a couple shares parental leave following the birth of a child has important implications for time investments in children by each parent. Using a parental leave reform in Sweden that reserved a month of paid leave to each parent, I study the effects of increasing father’s participation in parental leave on children’s long-run educational outcome. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gender Norms at Play - A sociological study on new, first-time parents’ attitudes towards the EU directive on earmarked paternity leave

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Ida Sofie Bay Rasmussen; [2021]
    Keywords : Earmarked paternity leave; parenthood; gender norms; gender discourses; performativity; Butler; Bourdieu; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine gender norms in parental leave praxes and attitudes towards earmarked paternity leave. The starting point is a forthcoming EU directive on work-life balance for parents and carers that will implement earmarked paternity leave in Denmark by 2022. READ MORE

  6. 5. Europeanization of Social Policy - A Case of Parental Leave in Denmark and EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Emma Emilie Højer Winther; [2020]
    Keywords : European Union; Europeanization; Social policy; legislation; parental leave; norms and values; gender roles; Denmark; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper examines social policy in the European Union with a specific focus on parental leave, in-cluding earmarked paternity leave. It traces the process of how the legislation of parental leave has gone through a process of Europeanization and through the decision-making process of the European Union, resulted in the Directive 2019/1158. READ MORE