Essays about: "paternity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word paternity.

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. The relative effect of gained extra-pair paternity versus ensured within-pair paternity on male fitness in collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Lan Ma; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Variation in a male ability to gain extra-pair paternity and maintain within-pair paternity are important sources of variation in male fitness in socially monogamous species and thus become the resource of sexual selection on male secondary sexual traits. While the maximum possible number of offspring sired within the social pair-bond is limited by the female’s clutch size, the possible number of sired extra-pair young could in theory by much higher. 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. Paternity Leave and Children's Long-Run Educational Outcomes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Dunia Malezai; [2022]
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   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

6. 5. 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