Who cares? assessing generosity and gender equality in parental leave policy designs in 21 countries

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-216

  Ray, Rebecca ^a   Gornick, Janet C ^b   Schmitt, John ^a  

^a Center for Economic and Policy Research   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Comparative; Employment; Family leave; Gender equality; Maternity; OECD; Parental leave; Paternity; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER; OECD; PARENTAL CARE; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

FINLAND; GREECE; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 77954180906     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928710364434     Document Type: Article

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