Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain

The article analyzes how an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system may reduce the motherhood penalty. We used a sample of heterosexual dual-earner couples, with children between 3-8 years old, residing in Madrid and its metropolitan area. We show, first, that the introduction of a 13-day pa...

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Autores: Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés, Pozo García, Eva María Del, Escot Mangas, Lorenzo, Castellanos Serrano, María Cristina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19050
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Paternity leave
Father involvement
Motherhood penalty
Policy reform
Permiso de paternidad
Implicación del padre
Penalización por maternidad
Cambio de política
Derecho laboral
Trabajo
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spelling Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain¿Puede una reforma igualitaria del sistema de permisos parentales reducir la penalización laboral por maternidad? Alguna evidencia españolaFernández Cornejo, José AndrésPozo García, Eva María DelEscot Mangas, LorenzoCastellanos Serrano, María CristinaPaternity leaveFather involvementMotherhood penaltyPolicy reformPermiso de paternidadImplicación del padrePenalización por maternidadCambio de políticaDerecho laboralTrabajoThe article analyzes how an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system may reduce the motherhood penalty. We used a sample of heterosexual dual-earner couples, with children between 3-8 years old, residing in Madrid and its metropolitan area. We show, first, that the introduction of a 13-day paternity leave increased significantly the average number of days that employed fathers were off work after the birth or adoption of a child. Second, we found some empirical evidence that fathers who took longer leaves tended to be subsequently more involved in the care of their children. And third, we obtained some evidence in favor of the hypotheses that when the father is actively involved in the care of his child the mother tends to experience less work penalty. We also considered the effect of other variables such as having egalitarian gender attitudes, working in a family-friendly company, earnings and the working week.Federacion Española de SociologiaUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20182018-01-0120182018-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19050reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/190502026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain
¿Puede una reforma igualitaria del sistema de permisos parentales reducir la penalización laboral por maternidad? Alguna evidencia española
title Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain
spellingShingle Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain
Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés
Paternity leave
Father involvement
Motherhood penalty
Policy reform
Permiso de paternidad
Implicación del padre
Penalización por maternidad
Cambio de política
Derecho laboral
Trabajo
title_short Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain
title_full Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain
title_fullStr Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain
title_full_unstemmed Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain
title_sort Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce the motherhood labor penalty? Some evidence from Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés
Pozo García, Eva María Del
Escot Mangas, Lorenzo
Castellanos Serrano, María Cristina
author Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés
author_facet Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés
Pozo García, Eva María Del
Escot Mangas, Lorenzo
Castellanos Serrano, María Cristina
author_role author
author2 Pozo García, Eva María Del
Escot Mangas, Lorenzo
Castellanos Serrano, María Cristina
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Paternity leave
Father involvement
Motherhood penalty
Policy reform
Permiso de paternidad
Implicación del padre
Penalización por maternidad
Cambio de política
Derecho laboral
Trabajo
topic Paternity leave
Father involvement
Motherhood penalty
Policy reform
Permiso de paternidad
Implicación del padre
Penalización por maternidad
Cambio de política
Derecho laboral
Trabajo
description The article analyzes how an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system may reduce the motherhood penalty. We used a sample of heterosexual dual-earner couples, with children between 3-8 years old, residing in Madrid and its metropolitan area. We show, first, that the introduction of a 13-day paternity leave increased significantly the average number of days that employed fathers were off work after the birth or adoption of a child. Second, we found some empirical evidence that fathers who took longer leaves tended to be subsequently more involved in the care of their children. And third, we obtained some evidence in favor of the hypotheses that when the father is actively involved in the care of his child the mother tends to experience less work penalty. We also considered the effect of other variables such as having egalitarian gender attitudes, working in a family-friendly company, earnings and the working week.
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