Migrant fathers' use of parental leave

What is it about?

Research has documented that individualized, non-transferable parental leave is effective for promoting more gender equal fathering practices in caring and employment. Studies have not, however, explored the processes leading to these outcomes. Based on interviews with middle-class immigrant fathers from various European countries to Norway this issue is looked into by applying the ‘outsider-within’ perspective represented by immigrants’ experiences . Results show that the fathers’ quota, being a statutory right and generously compensated for, is understood as accepted by employers and universally used by fathers.

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