Baby bonus or paid parental leave - Which one is better?

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand

Volumn , Issue 34, 2008, Pages

  Callister, Paul ^a   Galtry, Judith ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650873444     PISSN: 11724382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Australian Productivity Commission (2008) Paid Parental Leave: Support for Parents with Newborn Children: Draft Inquiry Report, Australian Productivity Commission, Canberra.
2. Bassett, M. (1976) The Third Labour Government: A Personal History, Palmerston North, Dunmore.
3. Callister, P. and J. Galtry (2006) "Paid parental leave in New Zealand: A short history and future policy options" IPS Policy Quarterly, 2(1):38-46.
4. Cooklin, A.R., S.M. Donath, and L.H. Amir (2008) "Maternal employment and breastfeeding: Results from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children" Acta Paediatrica, 97(5):620-23.
5. Department of Labour (2007) Parental Leave in New Zealand 2005/2006 Evaluation, Department of Labour, Wellington.
6. Donath, S.M. and L.H. Amir (2005) "Breastfeeding and the introduction of solids in Australian infants: Data from the 2001 National Health Survey" Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29:171-175.
7. Dyson, R. (2007) "Call for 13 months paid parental leave" Stuff.co.nz, 28 August, http://www.stuff.co.nz/4181388a11.html
8. Fagnani, J. (1999) "Parental leave in France" in P. Moss and F. Deven (eds.) Parental Leave: Progress or Pitfall? (pp. 69-83). Vlaamse Gemeenschap/CBGS, Brussels.
9. Families Commission (2007) It's About Time: Towards a Parental Leave Policy That Gives New Zealand Families Real Choice, Families Commission, Wellington.
10. Galtry, J.A. (1995) "Breastfeeding, labour market changes and public policy in New Zealand: Is promotion of breastfeeding enough?" Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 5:2-16.
11. Galtry, J.A. (2003) "The impact on breastfeeding of labour market policy and practice in Ireland, Sweden, and the United States" Social Science & Medicine, 57:167-177.
12. Galtry, J. and P. Callister (2005) "Assessing the optimal length of parental leave for child and parental well-being: How can research inform policy?" Journal of Family Issues, 26(2):219-246.
13. Gamlen, A. (2007) "Making hay while the sun shines: Envisioning New Zealand's state-diaspora relations" Policy Quarterly, 3(4):12-21.
14. Jackson, N. (2006) "When is a baby boom not a baby boom? Nine points of caution when interpreting fertility trends" People and Place, 14(4):1-13.
15. Kedgley, S. (1996) Mum's the Word, Random House, Auckland.
16. Ministry of Health (2007) Health Targets: Moving Towards Healthier Futures 2007/08. Ministry of Health, Wellington.
17. NACEW (2008) Priority Improvements to Parental Leave, National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women, Wellington.
18. Pool, I., A. Dharmalingam and J. Sceats (2007) The New Zealand Family from 1840: A Demographic History, Auckland University, Auckland.
19. Salmi, M. and J. Lammi-Taskula (1999) "Parental leave in Finland" in P. Moss and F. Deven (eds.) Parental Leave: Progress or Pitfall? Research and policy issues in Europe(pp. 85-121). Vlaamse Gemeenschap/CBGS, Brussels.
20. Smith, J.P. and L.H. Ingram (2005) "Mothers' milk and measures of economic output" Feminist Economics, 11(1):43-64.
21. Waring, M. (1988) Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women Are Worth, Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson, Wellington.
22. World Health Organization (2003) Global Strategy for Infant and Young Children Feeding, WHO and UNICEF, Geneva.