Fixing Parental Leave

The Six Month Solution

Bibliographic Data

ID20006235
AuthorsGayle Kaufman (0000-0003-2250-2653, corresponding author)
Year2020
Publication date2020-01-21
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFixing Parental Leave (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherNew York University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18574/nyu/9781479820146.001.0001
OpenAlexW4285709593
ISBN9781479820146
LanguageEN
Citations received14

A real-world solution for parental leave that promotes gender equality at work and at home What do Papua New Guinea, Suriname, and the United States have in common? These three nations are the only ones that do not offer some form of parental leave to new parents. The US lags far behind the rest of the world on this important issue, raising questions about our commitment to gender equality and the welfare of our families. In Fixing Parental Leave, Gayle Kaufman takes an in-depth look at parental leave policies in the US, the UK, and Sweden, and evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of leave policies in each country. She finds that there is more to parental leave policies than whether a country provides time off around the birth or adoption of a child. While most policies are designed to help women return to work, this is only half of the puzzle. The second half requires men to be meaningful partners by encouraging them to take equal time at home. Ultimately, Kaufman arrives at a rational solution that will promote gender equity through a policy that enables parents at companies of all sizes to spend six months with their new child

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Equal opportunity · Equity (law) · Gender equality · Gender equity · Labour economics · Maternity leave · Parental leave · Political science · Raising (metalworking) · Sociology · Welfare · Work (physics) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Engineering · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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