Chapter 11: How parenting leaves impact parental employment, family work, and gender norms: a literature review

• Main Author: Schober, Pia S. (auth)
• Other Authors: Büchau, Silke (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2022
• Subjects: JFF; Parenting Leave; Employment; housework; childcare; gender roles; social norms
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This chapter reviews existing studies showing how statutory parenting leave policies impact labour market outcomes, involvement in unpaid family work, and beliefs and norms about the gender division of work. As parenting leave policies have been introduced at a growing pace across the world over the...