Gender gap in parental leave intentions : Evidence from 37 countries

Authors	OLSSON Maria I T GROOTEL Sanne van BLOCK Katharina SCHUSTER Carolin MEEUSSEN Loes LAAR Colette Van SCHMADER Toni CROFT Alyssa SUN Molly Shuyi AINSAAR Mare AARNTZEN Lianne ADAMUS Magdalena ANDERSON Joel ATKINSON Ciara AVICENNA Mohamad BĄBEL Przemysław BARTH Markus BENSON-GREENWALD Tessa M MALOKU Edona BERENT Jacques BERGSIEKER Hilary B BIERNAT Monica BÎRNEANU Andreea G BODINAKU Blerta BOSAK Janine BOSSON Jennifer BRANKOVIĆ Marija BURKAUSKAS Julius ČAVOJOVÁ Vladimíra CHERYAN Sapna CHOI Eunsoo CHOI Incheol CONTRERAS-IBÁNEZ Carlos C COOGAN Andrew DANYLIUK Ivan DAR-NIMROD Ilan DASGUPTA Nilanjana LEMUS Soledad de DEVOS Thierry DIAB Marwan DIEKMAN Amanda B EFREMOVA Maria EISNER Léila ELLER Anja ERENTAITE Rasa FEDÁKOVÁ Denisa FRANC Renata GARTZIA Leire GAVRELIUC Alin GAVRELIUC Dana GECAITE-STONCIENE Julija GERMANO Adriana L GIOVANNELLI Ilaria DIAZ Renzo Gismondi GITIKHMAYEVA Lyudmila GIZAW Abiy Menkir GJONESKA Biljana GONZÁLEZ Omar Martínez GONZÁLEZ Roberto GRIJALVA Isaac David GÜNGÖR Derya SENDÉN Marie Gustafsson HALL William HARB Charles HASSAN Bushra HÄSSLER Tabea HAWI Diala R HENNINGSEN Levke HOPPE Annedore ISHII Keiko JAKŠIĆ Ivana JASINI Alba JURKEVIČIENE Jurgita KELMENDI Kaltrina KIRBY Teri A KITAKAJI Yoko KOSAKOWSKA-BEREZECKA Natasza KOZYTSKA Inna KULICH Clara KUNDTOVÁ KLOCOVÁ Eva KUNUROGLU Filiz AIDY Christina Lapytskaia LEE Albert LINDQVIST Anna LÓPEZ-LÓPEZ Wilson LUZVINDA Liany MARICCHIOLO Fridanna MARTINOT Delphine MCNAMARA Rita Anne MEISTER Alyson MELKA Tizita Lemma MICKUVIENE Narseta MIRANDA-ORREGO María Isabel MKAMWA Thadeus MORANDINI James MORTON Thomas MRISHO David NIKITIN Jana OTTEN Sabine PACILLI Maria Giuseppina PAGE-GOULD Elizabeth PERANDRÉS Ana PIZARRO Jon POP-JORDANOVA Nada PYRKOSZ-PACYNA Joanna QUTA Sameir RAMIS TamilSelvan RANI Nitya REDERSDORFF Sandrine RÉGNER Isabelle RENSTRÖM Emma A RIVERA-RODRIGUEZ Adrian ROCHA Sánchez Tania Esmeralda RYABICHENKO Tatiana SAAB Rim SAKATA Kiriko SAMEKIN Adil SÁNCHEZ-PACHECHO Tracy SCHEIFELE Carolin SCHULMEYER Marion K SCZESNY Sabine SIRLOPÚ David SMITH-CASTRO Vanessa SOO Kadri SPACCATINI Federica STEELE Jennifer R STEFFENS Melanie C SUCIC Ines VANDELLO Joseph VELÁSQUEZ-DÍAZ Laura Maria VINK Melissa VIVES Eva WARKINEH Turuwark Zalalam ŽEŽELJ Iris ZHANG Xiaoxiao ZHAO Xian MARTINY Sarah E
Year of publication	2023
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Political Psychology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Arts
Citation	OLSSON, Maria I T, 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 and Sarah E MARTINY. Gender gap in parental leave intentions : Evidence from 37 countries. Political Psychology. Hoboken: Wiley, 2023, vol. 44, No 6, p. 1163-1192. ISSN 0162-895X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pops.12880.
web	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pops.12880
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pops.12880
Keywords	parental leave; gender; cross-national; inequality; childcare
Description	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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