RT Journal Article
T1 Constructing fatherhood in the North and South: paid parental leave, work and care in Iceland and Spain
A1 Arnalds, Asdis, A.
A1 Belope Nguema, Sabina
A1 Eydal, Guðný Björk
A1 Fernández Cornejo, José Andrés
AB While Iceland and Spain historically belong to two different welfare regimes, both countries have enacted fathers’ quotas to their systems of paid parental leave. From the year 2000, Iceland has provided fathers with a three-month-long quota, and Spain introduced a 13-day fathers’ quota in 2007. Using survey data, the article applies structural equation modelling to learn of the interconnection between parents’ leave use, their working hours and fathers’ participation in care of their children. Fathers’ leave use was found to be associated with their involvement in care in both countries, both directly and indirectly, through the reduction in working hours. Icelandic fathers were more engaged in childcare than fathers in Spain, which could be explained by the longer period of paid leave available for fathers in Iceland.
PB Sage Journals
SN 0001-6993
YR 2022
FD 2022-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107944
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107944
LA eng
NO Arnalds, Á. A., Belope-Nguema, S., Eydal, G. B., & Fernández-Cornejo, J. A. (2022). Constructing fatherhood in the North and South: Paid parental leave, work and care in Iceland and Spain. Acta Sociologica, 65(1), 86-102.
NO FEM2014-56723-P
DS Docta Complutense
RD 4 abr 2025