Overview

Featuring contributions from leading international scholars of social policy, this dynamic Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of conceptual and methodological developments in leave policy research, as well as state-of-the-art findings on leave policy determinants and outcomes globally. The topic of inequality is placed at the centre of the Research Handbook, to strengthen the global debate and encourage broader thinking about the interconnections between leave policy design and social inequalities. Chapters illustrate the continued relevance of this correlation in the context of gendered care and employment practices, precarious, underinsured, and nonstandard employment, informal economies, migration, family changes, and growing financial strains for parents. Using parental leave policy as an empirical lens to further our understanding of the intersectional nature of social inequalities, the editors ultimately consider whether there is a case to reconfigure leave policy as a social right. This incisive Research Handbook will be essential reading for a multi-disciplinary audience of students and scholars of social policy, family studies, gender studies, sociology, social work, and public policy. Its evaluation of cutting-edge developments in leave policy will also benefit national and international policy makers, as well as HR leaders interested in parenting leave best practice.

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Author:   Ivana Dobrotić ,  Sonja Blum ,  Alison Koslowski
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781800372207

ISBN 10:   1800372205
Pages:   446
Publication Date:   09 December 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective 1 Ivana Dobrotić, Sonja Blum and Alison Koslowski PART I CONCEPTUAL AND ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES IN LEAVE POLICY RESEARCH 2 A short history of leave policy research in higher income countries 14 Fred Deven and Peter Moss 3 Locating parenting leaves in gender and welfare state analysis 27 Rossella Ciccia 4 Grasping the character of parenting leave policies in space and time 40 Anna Kurowska 5 How to improve comparative parenting leave policy indicators? 54 Adeline Otto, Alžběta Bártová and Wim Van Lancker PART II ANALYSING THE DRIVERS OF LEAVE POLICIES: POLITICS AND IDEAS 6 Parenting leave policies and a global social policy agenda 68 Margaret O’Brien and Merve Uzunalioglu 7 The (new) politics of leave policymaking 83 Agnes Blome 8 Leave policies in populist and illiberal regimes: the cases of Hungary and Poland 100 Dorota Szelewa and Dorottya Szikra 9 The role of ideas in parenting leaves: the case of gender equality and its politicization in Finland 115 Mikael Nygård and Josefine Nyby PART III ASSESSING THE OUTCOMES OF LEAVE POLICIES 10 Measuring the impacts of parenting leaves: grappling with conceptual and methodological complexities 128 Andrea Doucet and Ann-Zofie Duvander 11 How parenting leaves impact parental employment, family work, and gender norms: a literature review 142 Pia S. Schober and Silke Büchau 12 Do leave policies impact fertility? The case of immigrants from low-fertility countries in Sweden 156 Eleonora Mussino 13 Fathers, fathering and parental leaves 174 Berit Brandth, Brita Bungum and Elin Kvande PART IV LEAVE POLICIES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 14 Gender equality and parenting leaves in Finland: a different pathway towards the ‘Nordic’ leave policy model 188 Johanna Lammi-Taskula 15 Trajectories of modernization of parenting leave policies within continental Europe: similarities and unexpected differences 202 Mara A. Yerkes, Birgit Pfau-Effinger and Wim Van Lancker 16 Trends towards de-gendering leave use in Spain and Portugal 219 Gerardo Meil, Karin Wall, Susana Atalaia and Anna Escobedo 17 Generous but unequal: the contradictions of parenting leaves in the Baltic States 232 Marre Karu 18 Legacies of an Antipodean model? Parenting leave policy trajectories in Australia and New Zealand 245 Gillian Whitehouse, Marian Baird and Suzy Morrissey 19 Disparities in access to paid leave in the US: differences between parenting and other types of leaves 258 Richard J. Petts, Cassandra Engeman, Shirley Gatenio Gabel and Gayle Kaufman 20 Parenting leave policies in East Asia: developmentalist policy approach and varieties of familialism 276 Xuan Li and Lisa Eklund 21 Leave policy across Latin America: a story of expansion, plateauing and the need for unconventional instruments 293 Gabriela Marzonetto and Juliana Martínez Franzoni 22 Colonialism and paid maternity leave policies in sub-Saharan Africa 310 Keonhi Son PART V GAPS AND THE FUTURE OF LEAVE POLICY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 23 Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom 325 Gayle Kaufman, Auður Magndís Auðardóttir, Deni Mazrekaj, Rachael N. Pettigrew, Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, Tanja Vuckovic Juros and Mara A. Yerkes 24 The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies 338 Lena Hipp, Charlotte Schlüter and Stefania Molina 25 Employer-provided leaves: paths to more time and money for working parents 353 Rosa Daiger von Gleichen 26 Broadening our conception of leave: leave to care for self or others over the life course 368 Marian Baird, Myra Hamilton, Daniel Dinale, Lisa Gulesserian and Alexandra Heron 27 Leave policy in the time of pandemic: new developments and lessons learned 384 Alison Koslowski, Sonja Blum and Ivana Dobrotić 28 Leave policy design and inequalities: reconfiguring leave as a social right? 398 Sonja Blum, Ivana Dobrotić and Alison Koslowski Index 413

Reviews

'This cutting-edge collection deftly explores the past and future of parenting leave policy. The authors - an interdisciplinary who's who in leave policy research - tackle the complexities of parenting leave with a keen focus on social inequalities, broadly defined. Its fresh focus on new frontiers in policy development and research will be generative of research for years to come.' -- Jennifer Hook, University of Southern California, US 'Child-linked leave policy is one of the most dynamic and diversified fields of family policy both at the ideational and normative levels, featuring also as a multilayered package, as the rich chapters of this book document both analytically and empirically. This is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how and why leaves are regulated as they are in different contexts and times, while offering a new starting point for future research.' -- Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy

‘This cutting-edge collection deftly explores the past and future of parenting leave policy. The authors – an interdisciplinary who’s who in leave policy research – tackle the complexities of parenting leave with a keen focus on social inequalities, broadly defined. Its fresh focus on new frontiers in policy development and research will be generative of research for years to come.’ -- Jennifer Hook, University of Southern California, US ‘Child-linked leave policy is one of the most dynamic and diversified fields of family policy both at the ideational and normative levels, featuring also as a multilayered package, as the rich chapters of this book document both analytically and empirically. This is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how and why leaves are regulated as they are in different contexts and times, while offering a new starting point for future research.’ -- Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy

Author Information

Edited by Ivana Dobrotić, Associate Professor of Comparative Social Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Sonja Blum, Acting Associate Professor for Comparative Politics and Public Policy, Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany and Alison Koslowski, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, University College London, UK

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