Miriam Rocha’s article Promoting gender equality through regulation: the case of parental leave” has just been published at The Theory and Practice of Legislation. This international Journal, published by the Taylor & Francis Group, is SCOPUS indexed.

In her article, Miriam Rocha analyses main features of parental leave policies in seven countries (Germany, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Israel, Japan and the United States), confronting it with recent research on the use of parental leave in those countries. Subsequently, the article provides evidence for the benefits of fathers’ uptake of paternity and parental leave and points out three features that leave policies must incorporate to promote gender equality and notes the importance of employers’ self-regulation.

The article is published open access and is available at the following link.

January 7th, 2021

Miriam Rocha’s article Promoting gender equality through regulation: the case of parental leave” has just been published at The Theory and Practice of Legislation. This international Journal, published by the Taylor & Francis Group, is SCOPUS indexed.

In her article, Miriam Rocha analyses main features of parental leave policies in seven countries (Germany, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Israel, Japan and the United States), confronting it with recent research on the use of parental leave in those countries. Subsequently, the article provides evidence for the benefits of fathers’ uptake of paternity and parental leave and points out three features that leave policies must incorporate to promote gender equality and notes the importance of employers’ self-regulation.

The article is published open access and is available at the following link.

January 7th, 2021