... the gendered division of childcare and housework, it is necessary to begin by establishing our focus. First, we understand fathers’ leave in a broad sense to include any type of paid or unpaid leave a father may take to care for his child, including but not limited to paternity and parental leave [1] . Also...

... of policy transfer: resistance. This manuscript aims to address this research gap by exploring both the willingness and resistance to policy transfer in Czech and Korean childcare and leave policies. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a qualitative research design, incorporating structured...

...Tauchid Komara Yuda Korean childcare policy evolved in coinciding with the flourishing of the welfare regime in the country. Under the authoritarian government of Park Chung Hee and an economic model of export orientation industrialization, social policy was marginalized...

...Tiina Sihto Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the changes in local childcare policy that have taken place between the years 2008 and 2016 in the city of Jyväskylä, Finland, and to study how the local gender contract for women is being reshaped via these transformations in local...

... of this paper is to analyse whether high responsibility for housework or childcare is related to weak labour market attachment. Survey data on domestic responsibilities in 1998 and 2003 were linked to register data on respondents’ employment spells for 2004-2011. Effects of the responsibilities on labour...

...Sanna Moilanen; Vanessa May; Eija Räikkönen; Eija Sevón; Marja-Leena Laakso Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to particularly focus on lone-mother families, comparing the childcare-related challenges experienced by working lone mothers and coupled mothers in three European countries...

... introduces theoretical and methodological elaborations in this regard. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 European Union Women Employment Family friendly organizations Culture Childcare Family policies It has frequently been argued that the degree to which family policies...

... of an expansion of childcare and other improvements in reconciliation measures. Design/methodology/approach Longitudinal data from the UK's Millennium Cohort Study are analysed using logistic regression. Findings It was found that mothers are more likely to be employed, and employed full‐time, when...