Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

Maria I. T. Olsson; Sanne van Grootel; Katharina Block; Carolin Schuster; Loes Meeussen; Colette Van Laar; Toni Schmader; Alyssa Croft; Molly Shuyi Sun; Mare Ainsaar; Lianne Aarntzen; Magdalena Adamus; Joel Anderson; Ciara Atkinson; Mohamad Avicenna; Przemysław Bąbel; Markus Barth; Tessa M. Benson‐Greenwald; Edona Maloku; Jacques Berent; Hilary B. Bergsieker; Monica Biernat; Andreea G. Bîrneanu; Blerta Bodinaku; Janine Bosak; Jennifer Bosson; Marija Branković; Julius Burkauskas; Vladimíra Čavojová; Sapna Cheryan; Eunsoo Choi; Incheol Choi; Carlos C. Contreras‐Ibáñez; Andrew Coogan; Ivan Danyliuk; Ilan Dar‐Nimrod; Nilanjana Dasgupta; Soledad de Lemus; Thierry Devos; Marwan Diab; Amanda B. Diekman; Maria Efremova; Léïla Eisner; Anja Eller; Rasa Erentaite; Denisa Fedáková; Renata Franc; Leire Gartzia; Alin Gavreliuc; Dana Gavreliuc; Julija Gecaite‐Stonciene; Adriana L. Germano; Ilaria Giovannelli; Renzo Gismondi Diaz; Lyudmila Gitikhmayeva; Abiy Menkir Gizaw; Biljana Gjoneska; Omar Martínez González; Roberto González; Isaac David Grijalva; Derya Güngör; Marie Gustafsson Sendén; William Hall; Charles Harb; Bushra Hassan; Tabea Hässler; Diala R. Hawi; Levke Henningsen; Annedore Hoppe; Keiko Ishii; Ivana Jakšić; Alba Jasini; Jurgita Jurkevičienė; Kaltrina Kelmendi; Teri A. Kirby; Yoko Kitakaji; Natasza Kosakowska‐Berezecka; Inna Kozytska; Clara Kulich; Eva Kundtová‐Klocová; Filiz Kunuroglu; Christina Lapytskaia Aidy; Albert Lee; Anna Lindqvist; Wilson López‐López; Liany Luzvinda; Fridanna Maricchiolo; Delphine Martinot; Rita Anne McNamara; Alyson Meister; Tizita Lemma Melka; Narseta Mickuviene; María Isabel Miranda‐Orrego; Thadeus Mkamwa; James Morandini; Thomas Morton; David Mrisho; Jana Nikitin; Sabine Otten; Maria Giuseppina Pacilli; Elizabeth Page‐Gould; Ana Perandrés; Jon Pizarro; Nada Pop‐Jordanova; Joanna Pyrkosz‐Pacyna; Sameir Quta; TamilSelvan Ramis; Nitya Rani; Sandrine Redersdorff; Isabelle Régner; Emma A. Renström; Adrian Rivera‐Rodriguez; Sánchez Tania Esmeralda Rocha; Tatiana Ryabichenko; Rim Saab; Kiriko Sakata; Adil Samekin; Tracy Sánchez‐Pachecho; Carolin Scheifele; Marion K. Schulmeyer; Sabine Sczesny; David Sirlopú; Vanessa Smith‐Castro; Kadri Soo; Federica Spaccatini; Jennifer R. Steele; Melanie C. Steffens; Ines Sucic; Joseph Vandello; Laura Maria Velásquez‐Díaz; Melissa Vink; Eva Vives; Turuwark Zalalam Warkineh; Iris Žeželj; Xiaoxiao Zhang; Xian Zhao; Sarah E. Martiny

doi:10.1111/pops.12880

Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries

Maria I. T. Olsson, Sanne van Grootel, Katharina Block, Carolin Schuster, Loes Meeussen, Colette Van Laar, Toni Schmader, Alyssa Croft, Molly Shuyi Sun, Mare Ainsaar, Lianne Aarntzen, Magdalena Adamus, Joel Anderson, Ciara Atkinson, Mohamad Avicenna, Przemysław Bąbel, Markus Barth, Tessa M. Benson‐Greenwald, Edona Maloku, Jacques BerentHilary B. Bergsieker, Monica Biernat, Andreea G. Bîrneanu, Blerta Bodinaku, Janine Bosak, Jennifer Bosson, Marija Branković, Julius Burkauskas, Vladimíra Čavojová, Sapna Cheryan, Eunsoo Choi, Incheol Choi, Carlos C. Contreras‐Ibáñez, Andrew Coogan, Ivan Danyliuk, Ilan Dar‐Nimrod, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Soledad de Lemus, Thierry Devos, Marwan Diab, Amanda B. Diekman, Maria Efremova, Léïla Eisner, Anja Eller, Rasa Erentaite, Denisa Fedáková, Renata Franc, Leire Gartzia, Alin Gavreliuc, Dana Gavreliuc, Julija Gecaite‐Stonciene, Adriana L. Germano, Ilaria Giovannelli, Renzo Gismondi Diaz, Lyudmila Gitikhmayeva, Abiy Menkir Gizaw, Biljana Gjoneska, Omar Martínez González, Roberto González, Isaac David Grijalva, Derya Güngör, Marie Gustafsson Sendén, William Hall, Charles Harb, Bushra Hassan, Tabea Hässler, Diala R. Hawi, Levke Henningsen, Annedore Hoppe, Keiko Ishii, Ivana Jakšić, Alba Jasini, Jurgita Jurkevičienė, Kaltrina Kelmendi, Teri A. Kirby, Yoko Kitakaji, Natasza Kosakowska‐Berezecka, Inna Kozytska, Clara Kulich, Eva Kundtová‐Klocová, Filiz Kunuroglu, Christina Lapytskaia Aidy, Albert Lee, Anna Lindqvist, Wilson López‐López, Liany Luzvinda, Fridanna Maricchiolo, Delphine Martinot, Rita Anne McNamara, Alyson Meister, Tizita Lemma Melka, Narseta Mickuviene, María Isabel Miranda‐Orrego, Thadeus Mkamwa, James Morandini, Thomas Morton, David Mrisho, Jana Nikitin, Sabine Otten, Maria Giuseppina Pacilli, Elizabeth Page‐Gould, Ana Perandrés, Jon Pizarro, Nada Pop‐Jordanova, Joanna Pyrkosz‐Pacyna, Sameir Quta, TamilSelvan Ramis, Nitya Rani, Sandrine Redersdorff, Isabelle Régner, Emma A. Renström, Adrian Rivera‐Rodriguez, Sánchez Tania Esmeralda Rocha, Tatiana Ryabichenko, Rim Saab, Kiriko Sakata, Adil Samekin, Tracy Sánchez‐Pachecho, Carolin Scheifele, Marion K. Schulmeyer, Sabine Sczesny, David Sirlopú, Vanessa Smith‐Castro, Kadri Soo, Federica Spaccatini, Jennifer R. Steele, Melanie C. Steffens, Ines Sucic, Joseph Vandello, Laura Maria Velásquez‐Díaz, Melissa Vink, Eva Vives, Turuwark Zalalam Warkineh, Iris Žeželj, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Xian Zhao, Sarah E. Martiny

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Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender-based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental-leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental-leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental-leave policies and women's political representation partially explained cross-national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender-egalitarian parental-leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross-national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross-national variations in women's (rather than men's) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender-egalitarian policies (linked to men's higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men's leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed.

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Páginas (desde-hasta)	1163-1192
Publicación	Political Psychology
Volumen	44
N.º	6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12880 https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.v44.6
Estado	Publicada - 01 dic. 2023

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Olsson, M. I. T., van Grootel, S., Block, K., Schuster, C., Meeussen, L., Van Laar, C., Schmader, T., Croft, A., Sun, M. S., Ainsaar, M., Aarntzen, L., Adamus, M., Anderson, J., Atkinson, C., Avicenna, M., Bąbel, P., Barth, M., Benson‐Greenwald, T. M., Maloku, E., ... Martiny, S. E. (2023). Gender Gap in Parental Leave Intentions: Evidence from 37 Countries. Political Psychology, 44(6), 1163-1192. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12880, https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.v44.6

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T2 - Evidence from 37 Countries

AU - Olsson, Maria I. T.

AU - van Grootel, Sanne

AU - Block, Katharina

AU - Schuster, Carolin

AU - Meeussen, Loes

AU - Van Laar, Colette

AU - Schmader, Toni

AU - Croft, Alyssa

AU - Sun, Molly Shuyi

AU - Ainsaar, Mare

AU - Aarntzen, Lianne

AU - Adamus, Magdalena

AU - Anderson, Joel

AU - Atkinson, Ciara

AU - Avicenna, Mohamad

AU - Bąbel, Przemysław

AU - Barth, Markus

AU - Benson‐Greenwald, Tessa M.

AU - Maloku, Edona

AU - Berent, Jacques

AU - Bergsieker, Hilary B.

AU - Biernat, Monica

AU - Bîrneanu, Andreea G.

AU - Bodinaku, Blerta

AU - Bosak, Janine

AU - Bosson, Jennifer

AU - Branković, Marija

AU - Burkauskas, Julius

AU - Čavojová, Vladimíra

AU - Cheryan, Sapna

AU - Choi, Eunsoo

AU - Choi, Incheol

AU - Contreras‐Ibáñez, Carlos C.

AU - Coogan, Andrew

AU - Danyliuk, Ivan

AU - Dar‐Nimrod, Ilan

AU - Dasgupta, Nilanjana

AU - de Lemus, Soledad

AU - Devos, Thierry

AU - Diab, Marwan

AU - Diekman, Amanda B.

AU - Efremova, Maria

AU - Eisner, Léïla

AU - Eller, Anja

AU - Erentaite, Rasa

AU - Fedáková, Denisa

AU - Franc, Renata

AU - Gartzia, Leire

AU - Gavreliuc, Alin

AU - Gavreliuc, Dana

AU - Gecaite‐Stonciene, Julija

AU - Germano, Adriana L.

AU - Giovannelli, Ilaria

AU - Diaz, Renzo Gismondi

AU - Gitikhmayeva, Lyudmila

AU - Gizaw, Abiy Menkir

AU - Gjoneska, Biljana

AU - González, Omar Martínez

AU - González, Roberto

AU - Grijalva, Isaac David

AU - Güngör, Derya

AU - Sendén, Marie Gustafsson

AU - Hall, William

AU - Harb, Charles

AU - Hassan, Bushra

AU - Hässler, Tabea

AU - Hawi, Diala R.

AU - Henningsen, Levke

AU - Hoppe, Annedore

AU - Ishii, Keiko

AU - Jakšić, Ivana

AU - Jasini, Alba

AU - Jurkevičienė, Jurgita

AU - Kelmendi, Kaltrina

AU - Kirby, Teri A.

AU - Kitakaji, Yoko

AU - Kosakowska‐Berezecka, Natasza

AU - Kozytska, Inna

AU - Kulich, Clara

AU - Kundtová‐Klocová, Eva

AU - Kunuroglu, Filiz

AU - Aidy, Christina Lapytskaia

AU - Lee, Albert

AU - Lindqvist, Anna

AU - López‐López, Wilson

AU - Luzvinda, Liany

AU - Maricchiolo, Fridanna

AU - Martinot, Delphine

AU - McNamara, Rita Anne

AU - Meister, Alyson

AU - Melka, Tizita Lemma

AU - Mickuviene, Narseta

AU - Miranda‐Orrego, María Isabel

AU - Mkamwa, Thadeus

AU - Morandini, James

AU - Morton, Thomas

AU - Mrisho, David

AU - Nikitin, Jana

AU - Otten, Sabine

AU - Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina

AU - Page‐Gould, Elizabeth

AU - Perandrés, Ana

AU - Pizarro, Jon

AU - Pop‐Jordanova, Nada

AU - Pyrkosz‐Pacyna, Joanna

AU - Quta, Sameir

AU - Ramis, TamilSelvan

AU - Rani, Nitya

AU - Redersdorff, Sandrine

AU - Régner, Isabelle

AU - Renström, Emma A.

AU - Rivera‐Rodriguez, Adrian

AU - Rocha, Sánchez Tania Esmeralda

AU - Ryabichenko, Tatiana

AU - Saab, Rim

AU - Sakata, Kiriko

AU - Samekin, Adil

AU - Sánchez‐Pachecho, Tracy

AU - Scheifele, Carolin

AU - Schulmeyer, Marion K.

AU - Sczesny, Sabine

AU - Sirlopú, David

AU - Smith‐Castro, Vanessa

AU - Soo, Kadri

AU - Spaccatini, Federica

AU - Steele, Jennifer R.

AU - Steffens, Melanie C.

AU - Sucic, Ines

AU - Vandello, Joseph

AU - Velásquez‐Díaz, Laura Maria

AU - Vink, Melissa

AU - Vives, Eva

AU - Warkineh, Turuwark Zalalam

AU - Žeželj, Iris

AU - Zhang, Xiaoxiao

AU - Zhao, Xian

AU - Martiny, Sarah E.

PY - 2023/12/1

Y1 - 2023/12/1

N2 - Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender-based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental-leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental-leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental-leave policies and women's political representation partially explained cross-national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender-egalitarian parental-leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross-national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross-national variations in women's (rather than men's) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender-egalitarian policies (linked to men's higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men's leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed.

AB - Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender-based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental-leave intentions in young adults (18–30 years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental-leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental-leave policies and women's political representation partially explained cross-national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender-egalitarian parental-leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross-national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross-national variations in women's (rather than men's) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender-egalitarian policies (linked to men's higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men's leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed.

KW - parental leave

KW - gender

KW - cross-national

KW - inequality

KW - childcare

U2 - 10.1111/pops.12880

DO - 10.1111/pops.12880

M3 - Article

SN - 0162-895X

VL - 44

SP - 1163

EP - 1192

JO - Political Psychology

JF - Political Psychology

IS - 6

ER -

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