Against all odds: Fathers’ use of parental leave in Germany
By E. Geisler, M. Kreyenfeld. 2009
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This paper investigates fathers’ usage of parental leave in Germany based on data from the microcensuses of 1999—2005. Special attention is given to the role that education has in leave-taking behaviour. Our empirical results show that educational differences between the partners are strong predictors of fathers’ usage of parental leave. A father is more likely to take parental leave if he has a partner who is more highly educated or older. We also find that employment through a temporary working contract substantially lowers the chances that a man will take advantage of parental leave, while being employed in the public sector increases the likelihood that a man will use his parental leave entitlement.
Subfields: Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science
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Citations in the corpus
- What Happens after the ‘Daddy Months’? Fathers’ Involvement in Paid Work, Childcare, and Housework after Taking Parental Leave in Germany (2015, methodology): “Previous research has shown that fathers’ uptake of parental leave varies by socio-demographic factors such as fathers’ level of education, income, the number of children, and region of residence (Geisler and Kreyenfeld, 2011, 2012; Trappe, 2013).”
- Barriers to equality: why British fathers do not use parental leave (2018, background): “However, there is some evidence that more educated fathers and men with more educated partners take more leave (Geisler & Kreyenfeld, 2011; Sundström & Duvander, 2002), which would suggest that the barriers to leave taking found in this study may be even stronger among less educated parents.”