Gender equality and fertility in sweden: A study on the impact of the father’s uptake of parental leave on continued childbearing

Families and Social Policy: National and International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 121-142

  Duvander, Ann Zofie ^a   Duvander, Andersson ^b  

^a Statistics Sweden SCB   (Germany)

^b Demographic Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family Policy; Fertility; Gender Equality; Parental Leave; Parenthood; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954183775     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v39n01_07     Document Type: Chapter

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