Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/169238 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 678
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
Fathers in the Nordic countries were among the first in the world to gain the right to paid parental leave. The overall uptake has however been low, despite various attempts to increase it. This paper compares characteristics of fathers in four Nordic countries, to identify important determinants of parental leave uptake. The relationships were tested using logistic regression models. Support for theories regarding household division of labor and household bargaining was found: the socioeconomic position of the father, but also the spouse was positively correlated with the probability of parental leave uptake of the father.
Subjects: 
parental leave
logistic regression
socioeconomic status
fatherhood
household division of labor
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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