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Fathers, Parental Leave Policies, and Infant Quality of Life: International Perspectives and Policy Impact

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009-07, Vol.624 (1), p.190-213 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 2009 The American Academy of Political and Social Science ;Copyright SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. Jul 2009 ;ISSN: 0002-7162 ;EISSN: 1552-3349 ;DOI: 10.1177/0002716209334349 ;CODEN: AAYPAV

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Title:
Fathers, Parental Leave Policies, and Infant Quality of Life: International Perspectives and Policy Impact
Author: O'Brien, Margaret
Subjects: Child care ; Child Care Services ; Child welfare ; Childbirth ; Children ; Comparative government ; Comparative studies ; Dual Career Family ; Earnings ; Employee relations ; Employment ; Europe ; Family leave ; Family Policy ; Family Work Relationship ; Fathers ; First year ; Households ; Income ; Infants ; Investments ; Labor policy ; Low income groups ; Maternal and infant welfare ; Maternity & paternity leaves ; Mothers ; Parent Child Relations ; Parental leave ; Parents ; Parents & parenting ; Paternity ; Paternity leave ; Personnel Policy ; Polarization ; Psychological aspects ; Quality of life ; Regulatory reform ; Social policy ; Working mothers ; Working parents
Is Part Of: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2009-07, Vol.624 (1), p.190-213
Description: Infant care is no longer purely a private family matter. As more mothers return to paid employment in their child's first year, governments develop provisions to support working parents with very young children. Statutory parental leave and flexible working provisions for fathers are expanding rapidly, particularly in Europe. The author compares fathers' patterns of leave-taking across twenty-four countries from 2003 to 2007 to present new types of father-care-sensitive leave models. Findings show that fathers' use of statutory leave is greatest when high income replacement (50 percent or more of earnings) is combined with extended duration (more than fourteen days). Father-targeted schemes heighten usage. Although studies are limited, parental leave has the potential to boost fathers' emotional investment in and connection with infants. Differential access to statuary leave raises the possibility of a new polarization for infants: being born into either a parental-leaverich or -poor household and, indeed, country.
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0002-7162
EISSN: 1552-3349
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209334349
CODEN: AAYPAV
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection

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Fathers, Parental Leave Policies, and Infant Quality of Life: International Perspectives and Policy Impact

Copyright 2009 The American Academy of Political and Social Science ;Copyright SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC. Jul 2009 ;ISSN: 0002-7162 ;EISSN: 1552-3349 ;DOI: 10.1177/0002716209334349 ;CODEN: AAYPAV

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