Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally. At the same time,
certain features of family life endure. This popular book, now in a fully updated second …

Despite being the first country in the world to introduce paternity leave in 1978, Finland's
current national leave scheme is complex with regard to incentivizing fathers' take-up …

Purpose This research article explores several questions about assessing the impacts of
fathers' parental leave take up and gender equality. We ask: How does the conceptual and …

This book focuses on issues of family, work, and gender, with a focus on gender inequality.
Women are disadvantaged in both paid and domestic work, due in large part to being …

Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spurred critical and much-
needed attention to re-thinking policy approaches to child care and long-term elder care …

In only a few decades, workplace leave for fathers has grown from a few days of paternity
leave to several months of leave to bond with their children. Historically, some reforms are …

This paper compares access to parental leave benefits in the four largest Canadian
provinces–Québec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia between 2000 and 2016, using …

Reform of the family leave system has been on the Finnish political agenda for a long time
but has proved to be a challenging task. The challenges relate to ideological differences …

In Finland, all parents, regardless of gender, are eligible for parental leave and there are no
restrictive eligibility criteria. In practice, however, the statutory leave options are not equally …

The Nordic welfare states are considered advanced in terms of gender equality, but even in
these countries women still take longer family leave and have lower earnings than men. This …