Ann‐zofie Duvander
Biographic Data
| ID | 181972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann‐zofie Duvander |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann‐zofie |
| FAMILY NAME | Duvander |
| SIGNATURE | DUVANDER A Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5241-4588 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 54 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 700 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 51 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 14 |
Whose children matter? Multigenerational family complexity and late-life divorce in Sweden
In many Western countries, divorce among older age groups has slowly increased. One potential explanation is the increase in the diversity of family structures, such as a blend of joint children, stepchildren and stepgrandchildren. We investigate the association between multigenerational family complexity and late-life divorce in Sweden (60 +). Multigenerational family complexity includes a couple’s joint children/grandchildren and any children/g…
The (Un)deserving Parent: Exploring Parental Argumentation and Sole‐Custody Decisions in Swedish Courts
Across the Western world, joint legal and physical custody is increasingly becoming the default post‐separation arrangement. While family policy and law encourage such arrangements, they may not suit every situation. In child‐custody court disputes, courts must consider whether sole legal custody is the best alternative for the child in each case. Building on a unique dataset of 535 Swedish child‐custody court decisions, this study examines how p…
Economic situation and late‐life divorce: A “his” and “hers” perspective
Objective This study investigated the association between individuals' economic situation and divorce among the population aged 60+ in Sweden, with a focus on the role of gender and potential changes across cohorts. Background Previous research on divorce has mainly considered individuals of working age or all ages combined, although late‐life divorce is increasing in several Western countries. Economic considerations regarding divorce may differ…
Mobile Phone Use and Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh: An Analysis of the Bangladesh Financial Inclusion Insights Survey 2017
Despite steady economic and social development in Bangladesh, women are in an underprivileged situation in many ways. This study explores the association between the use of information and communication technology (ICT) and women’s empowerment in Bangladesh. This study employs ordinary least squares regression, the ordered logit model, and the multinomial logit model, using Financial Inclusion Insights (2017) Survey data, to investigate the relat…
To Take Leave or Not to Take and How Long to Take? A Study on Swedish Fathers' Parental Leave Use
Research on determinants of fathers' parental leave use often focuses on fathers' characteristics but leave out that decisions are negotiated with the mother. This study asks how fathers' and mothers' characteristics as well as their combination are associated with fathers' leave use in Sweden, a country where parental leave sharing is encouraged. The results indicate that both fathers' and mothers' income and education matter for how long leave …
Relationship satisfaction and money pooling among older working and retired couples in Sweden
How Family Dynamics Shape Income Inequality Between Families With Young Children: The Case of Sweden, 1995-2018
Increased gender equality in the labor market and the home are both cited as stabilizers to income inequality between households, but shifts in the economic organization of families over the life course instead appear to amplify household income inequality. Using the case of Sweden, where men have taken longer parental leave in recent years and the age at parenthood continues to advance, we analyze between-family income inequality for couples wit…
Income Loss and Leave Taking: Increased Financial Benefits and Fathers' Parental Leave Use in Sweden
A major reason for the gendered division of parental leave use is the financial compensation during leave. Swedish national parental leave benefit provides 77.6 percent of earlier earnings up to an income ceiling, but collective agreements cover part of the income loss above the ceiling during leave. We focus on the importance of such collective agreements by examining fathers' parental leave take-up across the 2000s, as agreements were expanded …
Financial Disagreements and Money Management Among Older Married and Cohabiting Couples in Sweden
This study investigates how partners’ money management strategies are associated with the experience of financial disagreements among older couples (60–80 years old). Money management is a broad concept, and this study operationalizes whether the partners pool all money, the partners pool some money, one partner manages the money (and gives a share to the other partner for personal spending), or the partners keep all money separate. The data comp…
Depressive symptoms, gender equality and belongingness among older partnered individuals in Sweden
Approximately one-third of all older adults in Sweden report periods with depressive symptoms.The study aims to find explanations for older partnered individuals' depressive symptoms by focusing on their gender attitudes, household division of labor and conformity to younger partnered individuals' commonly held gender attitudes and household division of labor.Analyses are based on a subsample (n respondents 1764) from the Swedish Generations and …
Parental leave use among newly arrived immigrant mothers in Sweden: Causes and consequences
Immigration to Sweden is dominated by women and men of childbearing age, and many arrive with children. The labour-market integration of newly arrived mothers is of concern, and well directed social policy is crucial. Parental leave is based on residence, and until recently it was granted to all parents of foreign-born children of preschool age. This study uses population and social insurance registers to investigate whether newly arrived immigra…
Money practices and couplehood among individuals in the third age in Sweden
Couple relationships and money practices are intimately connected. Money can often cause disagreement and conflict within couples and represents symbolic values and expectations between partners. This study adopts a practices approach to exploring money practices among Swedish couples in the third age (60–80 years old) through 17 semi-structured interviews. We focus particularly on how money practices constitute and are constituted by dimensions …
Getting married in a highly individualized context: Commitment and gender equality matter
Objective This study examines the roles of commitment and gender equality for marriage formation in a highly individualized and gender‐egalitarian context. Background Marriage is commonly perceived as a more committed form of union than cohabitation. Individualization perspectives propose that this discourages marriage formation, whereas gender perspectives suggest that this is only the case for couples living inegalitarian lives. Method The role…
Best done differently? Couples' money pooling and the association with economic conflicts
Economic conflicts are likely to affect couples' relationship, and different strategies of handling money may be important for how common such conflicts are. This study investigates whether couples' choice of pooling money is associated with the occurrence of economic conflicts and whether different degree of pooling matters differently in different situations in life. The study focuses on whether the respondents experience economic hardship, the…
Social Inclusion or Gender Equality? Political Discourses on Parental Leave in Finland and Sweden
During the 2010s, both Finland and Sweden made advancements in their parental leave systems by widening the right to paid parental leave to a greater diversity of family constellations and investing in gender-equal leave distribution through longer leave periods reserved for the father. However, in the latter respect, Sweden has remained more successful than Finland. This article analyses government and political party discourses in Finland and S…
Similar Negotiations over Childcare? A Comparative Study of Fathers’ Parental Leave Use in Finland and Sweden
Fathers’ leave use is promoted in many countries, but so far with different success. Major explanations of different usage revolve around economic bargaining between parents and economic constraints in the household. By using extensive register data from 1999–2009 in Finland and Sweden, this study asks whether fathers’ use of parental leave in the two countries is determined by the same socioeconomic characteristics on the individual and the hous…
Are Mothers and Daughters Most Important? How Gender, Childhood Family Dissolution and Parents' Current Living Arrangements Affect the Personal Care of Parents
This study examines adult children's propensity to provide personal care to older mothers and fathers. The theory of intergenerational solidarity facilitates the understanding of commitment and support between adult children and parents. Solidarity may depend on childhood events as well as the current situation, and we therefore focus on whether there was a parental breakup in childhood and the parent's current living arrangements. We also focus …
The Relational Nordic Welfare State: Between Utopia and Ideology
Trends in Women's Relative Earnings Within Couples Across the Transition to Parenthood in Sweden, 1987-2007
This article applies a couple perspective to assessing gender inequality in Sweden-a setting with high maternal labour force participation, a long history of family policy investment, and strong norms of gender equality. We address open questions about how couples' earnings following parenthood have changed over time, and how patterns of inequality in couples' earnings have played out across educational groups. Our study uses fixed effects method…
The Nordic Model of Father Quotas in Leave Policies: A Case of Policy Transfer
This contribution asks whether the most recent innovation of Nordic family policies, the so-called father quota, has been an object of policy learning in countries that followed the Nordic example of leave policies earlier, such as Germany, Slovenia, and Japan. Our case studies show that analyses of policy learning, especially in the social field, need to take into account the specific contexts and actor constellations in “export” and “import” co…
Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave and Union Dissolution
Impact of a Reform Towards Shared Parental Leave on Continued Fertility in Norway and Sweden
It has been argued that a generous family policy aimed at a gender-equal division of childcare and economic responsibility will have a positive impact on childbearing. In this study, we investigate whether fathers’ parental leave use is related to continued childbearing and whether there has been a policy effect on fertility behavior due to the introduction of the father’s quota in Norway and Sweden. Fathers’ parental leave use may affect fertili…
How long is a parental leave and for whom? An analysis of methodological and policy dimensions of leave length and division in Sweden
Purpose Parental leave in Sweden can be taken both as paid and unpaid leave and often parents mix these forms in a very flexible way. Therefore, multiple methodological issues arise regarding how to most accurately measure leave length. The purpose of this paper is to review the somewhat complex legislation and the possible ways of using parental leave before presenting a successful attempt of a more precise way of measuring leave lengths, includ…
Fathers' Uptake of Parental Leave: Forerunners and Laggards in Sweden, 1993-2010
Sweden is often considered a forerunner in family change and developments towards less gendered family production patterns. In this study, we focus on recent developments towards more gender-equal sharing of parental leave in Sweden. We explore how fathers' use of parental leave has changed over time before and since the turn of the century. As the parental leave benefit is individual and earnings-based, we examine how fathers' individual socio-e…
Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers’ participation
This chapter is about the design of Parental Leave policy and its relationship to leave-taking by fathers and gender equality more generally. The Nordic countries have historically emphasised gender equality in policymaking and have been in the forefront for introducing policies that encourage mothers and fathers to share responsibility for the care of children. Parental Leave is considered to be one such policy as it secures fathers’ rights to p…
What are the effects of reforms promoting fathers’ parental leave use
Since the introduction of parental leave in Sweden a more gender-equal division of such leave has been targeted. In 1995 one month was reserved for each parent, implying that the month was forfeited if not used by the same parent. A second month was reserved in 2002. In 2008, a gender equality bonus was introduced, meaning that tax credits were given to parents who shared the leave equally. This study investigates the effects of these reforms on …
Family policy and fertility: Fathers’ and mothers’ use of parental leave and continued childbearing in Norway and Sweden
In the Nordic countries, gender equality is an explicit policy goal. For example, Norway and Sweden both offer paid parental leave for approximately one year following childbirth with earnings-related benefits and with certain periods reserved exclusively for the father. In this study, we examine the relationship between fathers’ and mothers’ use of parental leave and continued childbearing among couples in Norway and Sweden. The two countries of…
Parents' Workplace Situation and Fathers' Parental Leave Use
This study examines how the workplace situation of both parents affects fathers' parental leave use. We used parental leave-taking register data from Statistics Sweden for dual-earner couples who resided in Stockholm and had children in 1997 (n= 3,755). The results indicate that fathers shorten their parental leave if their workplaces are such that one can expect leave to be associated with high costs and that fathers appear to be influenced by t…
Changes in gender equality? Swedish fathers’ parental leave, division of childcare and housework 1
Sweden is well known for its family policy and this study explores whether fathers’ parental leave is related to later division of childcare and housework. Two materials were used; a panel survey (2003, 2009) and an interview- study (2008). Respondents in the survey had their first child between the waves and the interview-study focused on parents of 2–3 year olds. The survey is analyzed by logistic regression and the interviews by grounded theor…
Parental Leave--Possibility or Trap? Does Family Leave Length Effect Swedish Women's Labour Market Opportunities
Sweden is known for its policies aimed at facilitating the combination of work and family for both mothers and fathers. The parental leave insurance is one important part of these policies, considered to reduce the work-family conflict for women. However, there is scarce knowledge about the effects a long family leave break may have on women’s occupational careers and the studies on the topic so far mainly refer to the period up to the early 1990…
How Long Should Parental Leave Be? Attitudes to Gender Equality, Family, and Work as Determinants of Women's and Men's Parental Leave in Sweden
A more equal division of parental leave use between parents has been a major political goal in Sweden for a long time, as it is assumed to lead to gender equality in the labor market, as well as in the homes. The assumed correlation between gender equality and shared parental leave has many aspects, but it has been investigated only in part. In this study, we investigate the determinants of men's and women's parental leave use with a focus on att…
Gender Equality and Fertility in Sweden: A Study on the Impact of the Father's Uptake of Parental Leave on Continued Childbearing
In Sweden, the birth or adoption of a child is accompanied by the right to more than one year of paid parental leave that can be shared between parents. This article examines the relationship between the father's and the mother's respective use of such leave and the continued childbearing of a couple. Our investigation is based on longitudinal information on registered parental leave use and childbearing of all intact unions in Sweden during 1988…
Do child-care characteristics influence continued child bearing in Sweden? An investigation of the quantity, quality, and price dimension
Die Verfasser verknuepfen Daten der amtlichen Statistik mit regionalen Daten zu Kinderbetreuung, um den Einfluss zu untersuchen, den die Moeglichkeit von Kinderbetreuung auf die Entscheidung fuer ein zweites oder drittes Kind bei schwedischen Paaren in den Jahren 1997 und 1998 gehabt hat. Dabei werden verschiedene Dimensionen von Kindertagesbetreuung untersucht: der Umfang des Angebots, die Zahl der Kinder pro Betreuungsperson und die Kosten der …
Trends in parental leave in the Nordic countries: Has the Forward March of Gender Equality Halted
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the development of parental leave in the Nordic countries in the last decade or so and explain the different roads taken by individual countries in this regard. Focusing on the recent development, mainly on father’s quota, we discuss whether we are witnessing a paradigm shift in some of these countries, away from an emphasis on gender equality to a more traditional family approach, with the mot…
Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden
In Sweden, parents receive a parental-leave allowance of a high percentage (currently 80%) of their pre-birth salary for about a year in connection with any birth. If they space their births sufficiently closely, they avoid a reduction in the allowance
Cash for childcare schemes in the Nordic welfare states: Diverse paths, diverse outcomes
Recent family policy developments may blur conventional family policy typologies. While policies in some European welfare states are shifting away from strong male breadwinner regimes towards work–family reconciliation, the adding of cash for childcare (CFC) benefits in Nordic earner-carer welfare states points in the opposite direction. How can we understand growing family policy hybridisation? Comparison of CFC schemes in the five Nordic countr…
Exploring Leave Policy Preferences: A Comparison of Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States
This study analyses preferences regarding leave length, gender division of leave, and leave financing in four countries with different welfare-state and leave regimes. Embedded in a gender perspective, institutional, self-interest, and ideational theoretical approaches are used to explore the factors shaping individuals' preferences (ISSP 2012 data). Findings show dramatic cross-country differences, suggesting the institutional dimension is most …
Fathers' Parental Leave Uptake in Belgium and Sweden: Self-Evident or Subject to Employment Characteristics
The limited increase in fathers' involvement in childcare tasks in response to the unprecedented rise in female labour market participation illustrates the incomplete nature of the gender revolution. Available research provides evidence for micro-economic mechanisms and the influence of gender norms and social policy design on couples' gendered divisions of parental leave, but knowledge on how national level contexts shape partners' agency remain…
Promoting Parental Leave for Immigrant Fathers—What Role Does Policy Play
The gender differences in labor force participation and take-up of parental leave are accentuated in immigrant populations. This study examines whether certain policy features of parental leave are effective in leveling out the gendered differences among immigrants. We compare two distinct policy contexts, Finland and Sweden, and analyze the impacts of three policy reforms. Our results imply that policy features such as the earmarking of days and…
Fathers' Uptake of Parental Leave: Forerunners and Laggards in Sweden, 1993-2010
Sweden is often considered a forerunner in family change and developments towards less gendered family production patterns. In this study, we focus on recent developments towards more gender-equal sharing of parental leave in Sweden. We explore how fathers' use of parental leave has changed over time before and since the turn of the century. As the parental leave benefit is individual and earnings-based, we examine how fathers' individual socio-e…
Fathers’ Use of Parental Leave and Union Dissolution
Parental leave policies and continued childbearing in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Demographic theories maintain that family policies that support gender equality may lead to higher fertility levels in postindustrial societies. This phenomenon is often exemplified by the situation in the Nordic countries. These countries have parental le
Does Fathers’ Care Spill Over? Evaluating Reforms in the Swedish Parental Leave Program
The aim of reserving months for fathers in the Swedish parental leave system was to increase fathers’ use of leave as well as encourage gender equality in the home and labor market. Using data from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, this study investigates the effects of the reform – reserving one month of leave for fathers in 1995 and a second month in 2002 – on gender equality in the home. The study uses the take up of the parental benefit fo…
Use It or Save It? Migration Background and Parental Leave Uptake in Sweden
Trends in Women's Relative Earnings Within Couples Across the Transition to Parenthood in Sweden, 1987-2007
This article applies a couple perspective to assessing gender inequality in Sweden-a setting with high maternal labour force participation, a long history of family policy investment, and strong norms of gender equality. We address open questions about how couples' earnings following parenthood have changed over time, and how patterns of inequality in couples' earnings have played out across educational groups. Our study uses fixed effects method…
Decomposing the determinants of fathers’ parental leave use: Evidence from migration between Finland and Sweden
The use of parental leave by fathers varies notably between countries. However, the underlying reasons for cross-country differences have not been explicitly studied. We use migration between Finland and Sweden as an instrument to decompose the roles of policy design and social norms in the differences in take-up rates between these two countries. First, we inferred the role of policy by looking at fathers from the same country of origin in vario…
How long is a parental leave and for whom? An analysis of methodological and policy dimensions of leave length and division in Sweden
Purpose Parental leave in Sweden can be taken both as paid and unpaid leave and often parents mix these forms in a very flexible way. Therefore, multiple methodological issues arise regarding how to most accurately measure leave length. The purpose of this paper is to review the somewhat complex legislation and the possible ways of using parental leave before presenting a successful attempt of a more precise way of measuring leave lengths, includ…
Impact of a Reform Towards Shared Parental Leave on Continued Fertility in Norway and Sweden
It has been argued that a generous family policy aimed at a gender-equal division of childcare and economic responsibility will have a positive impact on childbearing. In this study, we investigate whether fathers’ parental leave use is related to continued childbearing and whether there has been a policy effect on fertility behavior due to the introduction of the father’s quota in Norway and Sweden. Fathers’ parental leave use may affect fertili…
Similar Negotiations over Childcare? A Comparative Study of Fathers’ Parental Leave Use in Finland and Sweden
Fathers’ leave use is promoted in many countries, but so far with different success. Major explanations of different usage revolve around economic bargaining between parents and economic constraints in the household. By using extensive register data from 1999–2009 in Finland and Sweden, this study asks whether fathers’ use of parental leave in the two countries is determined by the same socioeconomic characteristics on the individual and the hous…
The Nordic Model of Father Quotas in Leave Policies: A Case of Policy Transfer
This contribution asks whether the most recent innovation of Nordic family policies, the so-called father quota, has been an object of policy learning in countries that followed the Nordic example of leave policies earlier, such as Germany, Slovenia, and Japan. Our case studies show that analyses of policy learning, especially in the social field, need to take into account the specific contexts and actor constellations in “export” and “import” co…
Do child-care characteristics influence continued child bearing in Sweden? An investigation of the quantity, quality, and price dimension
Die Verfasser verknuepfen Daten der amtlichen Statistik mit regionalen Daten zu Kinderbetreuung, um den Einfluss zu untersuchen, den die Moeglichkeit von Kinderbetreuung auf die Entscheidung fuer ein zweites oder drittes Kind bei schwedischen Paaren in den Jahren 1997 und 1998 gehabt hat. Dabei werden verschiedene Dimensionen von Kindertagesbetreuung untersucht: der Umfang des Angebots, die Zahl der Kinder pro Betreuungsperson und die Kosten der …
Gender Equality and Fertility in Sweden: A Study on the Impact of the Father's Uptake of Parental Leave on Continued Childbearing
In Sweden, the birth or adoption of a child is accompanied by the right to more than one year of paid parental leave that can be shared between parents. This article examines the relationship between the father's and the mother's respective use of such leave and the continued childbearing of a couple. Our investigation is based on longitudinal information on registered parental leave use and childbearing of all intact unions in Sweden during 1988…
Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden
In Sweden, parents receive a parental-leave allowance of a high percentage (currently 80%) of their pre-birth salary for about a year in connection with any birth. If they space their births sufficiently closely, they avoid a reduction in the allowance
Parents' Workplace Situation and Fathers' Parental Leave Use
This study examines how the workplace situation of both parents affects fathers' parental leave use. We used parental leave-taking register data from Statistics Sweden for dual-earner couples who resided in Stockholm and had children in 1997 (n= 3,755). The results indicate that fathers shorten their parental leave if their workplaces are such that one can expect leave to be associated with high costs and that fathers appear to be influenced by t…
Earner-Carer Model at the Crossroads: Reforms and Outcomes of Sweden's Family Policy in Comparative Perspective
Following the 2006 election, the Swedish earner-carer model of family policy seems to have come to an important crossroads, and questions have been raised about the future course of policies. Will the prototypical earner-carer model in Sweden persist? The separate reforms in cash transfers, services, and tax systems in several respects seem to point in contradictory directions, simultaneously introducing new principles of social care. In this art…
Family policy and fertility: Fathers’ and mothers’ use of parental leave and continued childbearing in Norway and Sweden
In the Nordic countries, gender equality is an explicit policy goal. For example, Norway and Sweden both offer paid parental leave for approximately one year following childbirth with earnings-related benefits and with certain periods reserved exclusively for the father. In this study, we examine the relationship between fathers’ and mothers’ use of parental leave and continued childbearing among couples in Norway and Sweden. The two countries of…
Parental Leave--Possibility or Trap? Does Family Leave Length Effect Swedish Women's Labour Market Opportunities
Sweden is known for its policies aimed at facilitating the combination of work and family for both mothers and fathers. The parental leave insurance is one important part of these policies, considered to reduce the work-family conflict for women. However, there is scarce knowledge about the effects a long family leave break may have on women’s occupational careers and the studies on the topic so far mainly refer to the period up to the early 1990…
Parental leave, childcare and gender equality in the Nordic countries
De nordiske lande anses ofte for at være foregangslande inden for ligestillingsområdet. Det er sandt at kvinder generelt har en stærkere position i de nordiske samfund end i resten af verden. Der er en utvetydig vilje i de fleste – eller måske i alle – områder af samfundet med henblik på at fremme og styrke ligestillingen mellem kvinder og mænd. I de senere år er der sket nogle betydelige forandringer i familierne hvor mændene nu i højere grad ta…
What are the effects of reforms promoting fathers’ parental leave use
Since the introduction of parental leave in Sweden a more gender-equal division of such leave has been targeted. In 1995 one month was reserved for each parent, implying that the month was forfeited if not used by the same parent. A second month was reserved in 2002. In 2008, a gender equality bonus was introduced, meaning that tax credits were given to parents who shared the leave equally. This study investigates the effects of these reforms on …
Changes in Gender Equality? Swedish Fathers’ Parental Leave, Division of Childcare and Housework
Changes in gender equality? Swedish fathers’ parental leave, division of childcare and housework 1
Sweden is well known for its family policy and this study explores whether fathers’ parental leave is related to later division of childcare and housework. Two materials were used; a panel survey (2003, 2009) and an interview- study (2008). Respondents in the survey had their first child between the waves and the interview-study focused on parents of 2–3 year olds. The survey is analyzed by logistic regression and the interviews by grounded theor…
How Long Should Parental Leave Be? Attitudes to Gender Equality, Family, and Work as Determinants of Women's and Men's Parental Leave in Sweden
A more equal division of parental leave use between parents has been a major political goal in Sweden for a long time, as it is assumed to lead to gender equality in the labor market, as well as in the homes. The assumed correlation between gender equality and shared parental leave has many aspects, but it has been investigated only in part. In this study, we investigate the determinants of men's and women's parental leave use with a focus on att…
Trends in parental leave in the Nordic countries: Has the Forward March of Gender Equality Halted
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the development of parental leave in the Nordic countries in the last decade or so and explain the different roads taken by individual countries in this regard. Focusing on the recent development, mainly on father’s quota, we discuss whether we are witnessing a paradigm shift in some of these countries, away from an emphasis on gender equality to a more traditional family approach, with the mot…
Cash for childcare schemes in the Nordic welfare states: Diverse paths, diverse outcomes
Recent family policy developments may blur conventional family policy typologies. While policies in some European welfare states are shifting away from strong male breadwinner regimes towards work–family reconciliation, the adding of cash for childcare (CFC) benefits in Nordic earner-carer welfare states points in the opposite direction. How can we understand growing family policy hybridisation? Comparison of CFC schemes in the five Nordic countr…
How can family policies reconcile fertility and women’s employment? Comparisons between South Korea and Sweden
South Korea has extremely low rates of fertility and labor force participation by women during their childbearing years, whereas Sweden has high rates for both. Variations in family policy models may explain differences in fertility and women's employment between the two countries. Drawing upon literature that examines the effects of family policies on fertility and women's employment, this paper compares childcare support for very young children…
Use It or Save It? Migration Background and Parental Leave Uptake in Sweden
Promoting Parental Leave for Immigrant Fathers—What Role Does Policy Play
The gender differences in labor force participation and take-up of parental leave are accentuated in immigrant populations. This study examines whether certain policy features of parental leave are effective in leveling out the gendered differences among immigrants. We compare two distinct policy contexts, Finland and Sweden, and analyze the impacts of three policy reforms. Our results imply that policy features such as the earmarking of days and…
Exploring Leave Policy Preferences: A Comparison of Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States
This study analyses preferences regarding leave length, gender division of leave, and leave financing in four countries with different welfare-state and leave regimes. Embedded in a gender perspective, institutional, self-interest, and ideational theoretical approaches are used to explore the factors shaping individuals' preferences (ISSP 2012 data). Findings show dramatic cross-country differences, suggesting the institutional dimension is most …
Basic Income: The Potential for Gendered Empowerment
Basic income is likely to gain momentum as the next social welfare trend to sweep over the world with ideas of how to improve the fairness and efficiency of distributing money. Other earlier movements with similar ambitions to transform societies, ranging across the political spectrum from socialism to neo-liberalism, have led to very different consequences for strata of citizens, but have in common that they have de-prioritised gender equality i…
Does Fathers’ Care Spill Over? Evaluating Reforms in the Swedish Parental Leave Program
The aim of reserving months for fathers in the Swedish parental leave system was to increase fathers’ use of leave as well as encourage gender equality in the home and labor market. Using data from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, this study investigates the effects of the reform – reserving one month of leave for fathers in 1995 and a second month in 2002 – on gender equality in the home. The study uses the take up of the parental benefit fo…
Decomposing the determinants of fathers’ parental leave use: Evidence from migration between Finland and Sweden
The use of parental leave by fathers varies notably between countries. However, the underlying reasons for cross-country differences have not been explicitly studied. We use migration between Finland and Sweden as an instrument to decompose the roles of policy design and social norms in the differences in take-up rates between these two countries. First, we inferred the role of policy by looking at fathers from the same country of origin in vario…
Recours au congé parental chez les immigrés pères d'un premier enfant en Suède: La Durée Passée Dans Le Pays Compte-T-Elle
L'objectif de cet article est d'examiner entre 1995 et 2010 le recours au congé parental chez les immigrés pères d'un premier enfant en Suède. Cela permet notamment d'évaluer dans quelle mesure les politiques familiales permettent de favoriser l'intégration, car cela reflète la participation au marché du travail et l'acceptation des normes d'égalité en termes de parentalité. À partir des données des registres suédois, cette étude montre que les p…
Sharing the Caring: Attitude-Behavior Discrepancies and Partnership Dynamics
Even though ideals in favor of gender equality in the private sphere are wide spread, discrepancies between ideals and actual behavior are common. Such discrepancies and potential dissatisfaction with gender unequal behavior within a couple are expected to influence partnership dynamics negatively. This study examines how discrepancies between the perceived ideal sharing of parental leave and the actual division of leave, as well as satisfaction …
Gender equality: Parental Leave design and evaluating its effects on fathers’ participation
This chapter is about the design of Parental Leave policy and its relationship to leave-taking by fathers and gender equality more generally. The Nordic countries have historically emphasised gender equality in policymaking and have been in the forefront for introducing policies that encourage mothers and fathers to share responsibility for the care of children. Parental Leave is considered to be one such policy as it secures fathers’ rights to p…
Parental Leave and beyond: Recent international developments, current issues and future directions
This chapter investigates the recent developments and current issues around parental leave such as multiple rationales for leave, policy designs, the politics of flexibility and choice, eligibility (employment related entitlement or social right?), adapting policies to increasing diversity in employment and household type. In addition, it covers topics such as the relationship between parental leave, workplace and other policy areas, future direc…
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