This article reviews the evidence on the impacts of paid family and medical leave (PFML)
policies on workers' health, family well-being, and employer outcomes. While an extensive …

Public debate and research on absence care leaves of men (paternity leaves) is growing in
the last years. Practitioners and scholars alike are seeking evidence-informed answers on …

This special brings together innovative and multidisciplinary research (sociology,
economics, and social work) using data from across Europe and the US to examine the …

Implicit in many discussions of work–family issues is the idea that managing the work–family
interface is more challenging for women than men. We address whether this intuition is …

Despite decades of progress, women remain underrepresented in the upper part of the
earnings distribution. We review the recent research trying to explain this phenomenon. After …

Previous research has shown that women are disproportionately negatively affected by a
variety of socio-economic hardships, many of which COVID-19 is making worse. In …

The German parental leave reform of 2007 created a new incentive for men to take parental
leave by introducing 'daddy months': 2 months of well-remunerated leave exclusively …

This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context
where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men, to …

Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and
recover from childbirth and to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation …

“Daddy quotas” that reserve some parental leave for fathers are increasingly common in
developed nations, but it is unclear whether fathers respond to the binding constraints or the …