Adolescence is a critical period in the development of gender attitudes and behaviours,
which have potentially life-long effects. The rapid changes that take place during …

The 1990s produced a large body of research focusing on the role of social policies in
recent Swedish fertility developments (eg Hoem, 1990; Hoem and Hoem, 1996; 1999; …

This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with
their children and with household duties and on fathers' labor supply. Fathers' leave-taking …

The major trends in family structures and their shifts across the industrialized world over the
past decades are well known: fertility rates have declined below the level sufficient for the …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

Using difference‐in‐difference and difference‐in‐difference‐in‐difference designs, we study
California's Paid Family Leave (CA‐PFL) program, the first source of government‐provided …

Sweden is well known for its family policy and this study explores whether fathers' parental
leave is related to later division of childcare and housework. Two materials were used; a …

Since the introduction of parental leave in Sweden a more gender-equal division of such
leave has been targeted. In 1995 one month was reserved for each parent, implying that the …

In Sweden, government-mandated paid parental leave has been available to both mothers
and fathers since 1974. By 2006, each parent had two non-transferable leave months and …

This article analyses the changing roles of the state, family and market in providing care for
older people in S weden, in relation to S candinavian welfare ideals of universalism and de …