The Effects of Parental Leave on Attitudes Toward the State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6355124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elin Naurin (0000-0002-7091-994X), Elias Markstedt (0000-0002-7184-5700), Monica C Schneider (0000-0002-6948-4520), Mary-Kate Lizotte (0000-0003-2952-2614), Dietlind Stolle (0000-0001-7839-0617) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics & Gender (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-923X • E-ISSN: 1743-9248 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1743923x25000054 |
| OpenAlex | W4407879379 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
Social role theorists argue that the roles that people inhabit and their experiences within can alter their attitudes. We use Swedish panel data to demonstrate how involvement in the parental role changes attitudes toward government policies differently for fathers and mothers. For fathers who take parental leave, the caregiving activities accompanying this leave conflict with stereotypical masculine experiences and such counter-stereotypical engagement should be transformative. We find that fathers who take more parental leave favor care provided by the state. For mothers, we hypothesize and find that the caregiving role during parental leave confirms a female-typical role, resulting in small effects that are not significant. We conclude with a discussion of how state policies can alter the effects of gender by providing specific experiences within a role, such as parental leave, and the significance of finding results in a country with high baseline levels of gender equality
Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Political science · State (computer science · Computer Science · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |