Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global

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Featuring contributions from leading international scholars of social policy, this dynamic Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of conceptual and methodological developments on leave policy as well as state-of-the-art findings on leave policy determinants and outcomes globally.This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

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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.

Author Biography

Edited by Ivana Dobroti, 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

Table of Contents

Contents:1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting andSocial Inequalities in a Global Perspective 1Ivana Dobroti, Sonja Blum and Alison KoslowskiPART I CONCEPTUAL AND ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES INLEAVE POLICY RESEARCH2 A short history of leave policy research in higher income countries 14Fred Deven and Peter Moss3 Locating parenting leaves in gender and welfare state analysis 27Rossella Ciccia4 Grasping the character of parenting leave policies in space and time 40Anna Kurowska5 How to improve comparative parenting leave policy indicators? 54Adeline Otto, Albta Bártová and Wim Van LanckerPART II ANALYSING THE DRIVERS OF LEAVE POLICIES:POLITICS AND IDEAS6 Parenting leave policies and a global social policy agenda 68Margaret O'Brien and Merve Uzunalioglu7 The (new) politics of leave policymaking 83Agnes Blome8 Leave policies in populist and illiberal regimes: the cases of Hungaryand Poland 100Dorota Szelewa and Dorottya Szikra9 The role of ideas in parenting leaves: the case of gender equality and itspoliticization in Finland 115Mikael Nygård and Josefine NybyPART III ASSESSING THE OUTCOMES OF LEAVE POLICIES10 Measuring the impacts of parenting leaves: grappling with conceptualand methodological complexities 128Andrea Doucet and Ann-Zofie Duvander11 How parenting leaves impact parental employment, family work, andgender norms: a literature review 142Pia S. Schober and Silke Buchau12 Do leave policies impact fertility? The case of immigrants fromlow-fertility countries in Sweden 156Eleonora Mussino13 Fathers, fathering and parental leaves 174Berit Brandth, Brita Bungum and Elin KvandePART IV LEAVE POLICIES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE14 Gender equality and parenting leaves in Finland: a different pathwaytowards the 'Nordic' leave policy model 188Johanna Lammi-Taskula15 Trajectories of modernization of parenting leave policies withincontinental Europe: similarities and unexpected differences 202Mara A. Yerkes, Birgit Pfau-Effinger and Wim Van Lancker16 Trends towards de-gendering leave use in Spain and Portugal 219Gerardo Meil, Karin Wall, Susana Atalaia and Anna Escobedo17 Generous but unequal: the contradictions of parenting leaves in theBaltic States 232Marre Karu18 Legacies of an Antipodean model? Parenting leave policy trajectories inAustralia and New Zealand 245Gillian Whitehouse, Marian Baird and Suzy Morrissey19 Disparities in access to paid leave in the US: differences betweenparenting and other types of leaves 258Richard J. Petts, Cassandra Engeman, Shirley Gatenio Gabel and Gayle Kaufman20 Parenting leave policies in East Asia: developmentalist policy approachand varieties of familialism 276Xuan Li and Lisa Eklund21 Leave policy across Latin America: a story of expansion, plateauingand the need for unconventional instruments 293Gabriela Marzonetto and Juliana Martínez Franzoni22 Colonialism and paid maternity leave policies in sub-Saharan Africa 310Keonhi SonPART V GAPS AND THE FUTURE OF LEAVE POLICY RESEARCHAND DEVELOPMENT23 Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policiesin Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom 325Gayle Kaufman, Auður Magndís Auðardóttir, Deni Mazrekaj, Rachael N.Pettigrew, Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, Tanja Vuckovic Juros and Mara A. Yerkes24 The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies 338Lena Hipp, Charlotte Schluter and Stefania Molina25 Employer-provided leaves: paths to more time and money for working parents 353Rosa Daiger von Gleichen26 Broadening our conception of leave: leave to care for self or others overthe life course 368Marian Baird, Myra Hamilton, Daniel Dinale, Lisa Gulesserian andAlexandra Heron27 Leave policy in the time of pandemic: new developments and lessons learned 384Alison Koslowski, Sonja Blum and Ivana Dobroti28 Leave policy design and inequalities: reconfiguring leave as a social right? 398Sonja Blum, Ivana Dobroti and Alison KoslowskiIndex 413

Review

'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

Review Quote

'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.'

Details ISBN1800372205 Short Title Research Handbook on Leave Policy Language English ISBN-10 1800372205 ISBN-13 9781800372207 Format Hardcover Subtitle Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Ivana Dobroti Pages 446 Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-12-09 UK Release Date 2022-12-09 AU Release Date 2022-12-09 NZ Release Date 2022-12-09 Series Elgar Handbooks in Social Policy and Welfare Edited by Alison Koslowski DEWEY 331.25763 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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