Fathers' use of leave in australia

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-407

  Whitehouse, Gillian ^a   Diamond, Chris ^a   Baird, Marian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Employment; Fathers; Parental leave; Paternity leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049024906     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800701575002     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Andrews, A. B., Luckey, I., Bolden, E., Whiting-Fickling, J., & Lind, K. A. (2004). Public perceptions about father involvement: Results of a statewide household survey. Journal of Family Issues, 25(5), 603-633.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). (2000). Labour force status and other characteristics of families, Cat. No. 6224.0. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed December 2006
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). (2006a). Labour force, Australia: labour force statistics and other characteristics of families. Available from http://www.abs.gov.au, accessed December, 2006.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). (2006b). Employee earnings, benefits and trade union membership, Australia, August 2005, Cat. No. 6310.0. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). (2007). Australian labour market statistics, Cat. No. 6105.0. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.
6. Baird, M. (2005). Parental leave in Australia: The role of the industrial relations system. Law in Context, 23(1), 45-64.
7. Beaujot, R., & Liu, J. (2005). Models of time use in paid and unpaid work. Journal of Family Issues, 26(1), 924-946.
8. Bittman, M., Hoffman, S., & Thompson, D. (2004). Men's take-up of family-friendly employment provisions. Policy Research Paper No.22. Canberra: Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS).
9. Björnberg, U. (2002). Ideology and choice between work and care: Swedish family policy for working parents. Critical Social Policy, 22(1), 33-52.
10. Brandth, B., & Kvande, E. (2001). Flexible work and flexible fathers. Work Employment &. Society, 15(2), 251-267.
11. Brandth, B., & Kvande, E. (2002). Reflexive fathers: Negotiating parental leave and working life. Gender, Work & Organization, 9(2), 186-203.
12. Bruning, G., & Plantenga, J. (1999). Parental leave and equal opportunities experiences in eight European countries. Journal of European Social Policy, 9(3), 195-209.
13. Bygren, M., & Duvander, A.-Z. (2006). Parents' workplace situation and fathers' parental leave use. Journal of Marriage &.Family, 68(2), 363-372.
14. Deven, F., & Moss, P. (2002). Leave arrangements for parents: Overview and future outlook. Community. Work & Family, 5(3), 237-255.
15. Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) (2006). Equal opportunity for women in the workplace survey 2005 -paid paternity leave. Canberra: Australian Government.
16. Haas, L., Allard, K., & Hwang, P. (2002). The impact of organizational culture on men's use of parental leave in Sweden. Community. Work &.Family, 5(3), 319-342.
17. Lee, S. (2004). Working hour gaps: Trends and issues. In J. Messenger (Ed.), Working time and workers' preferences in industrialized countries: Finding the balance (pp. 29-59). London: Routledge.
18. O'Brien, M. (2005). Shared caring: Bringing fathers into the frame. Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Working Paper Series No. 18. Manchester: EOC.
19. O'Brien, M., & Shemilt, I. (2003). Working fathers: Earning and caring. Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Research Discussion Series. Manchester: EOC.
20. OECD. (1995). Long term leave for parents in OECD countries. Employment Outlook, (pp. 171-198). Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
21. OECD. (2002). Babies and bosses: Reconciling work and family life. Volume 1 Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
22. OECD. (2005). Babies and bosses: Balancing work and family life. OECD Observer Policy Brief. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
23. Rostgaard, T. (2002). Setting time aside for the father: Father's leave in Scandinavia. Community, Work & Family, 5(3), 343-364.
24. Sundström, M., & Duvander, A.-Z. (2002). Gender division of childcare and the sharing of parental leave among new parents in Sweden. European Sociological Review, 18(4), 433-447.
25. Thompson, M., Vinter, L., & Young, V. (2005). Dads and their babies: Leave arrangements in the first year. Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Working Paper Series No. 37. Manchester: EOC.