Parental Leave Policies in 21 Countries: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Author(s)/Creator(s): Rebecca Ray; Janet C. Gornick; John Schmitt
Publishing Date: 2008-09-01
Issue Areas: Parenting and Families; Employment and Labor; Children and Youth
Ownership/Rights Info: Creative Commons Attribution 1.0 Generic
This report examines the parental leave policies in 21 high-income nations and identifies five "best practices" for parental leave policies. The study shows that the U.S. has the least generous leave policies of the 21 countries examined in the report. The states exhibiting the five best practices include Finland, France, Greece, Norway, Spain, and Sweden.
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Type/Format: CaseStudy; Dataset; FactSheet; Policy Brief
Language code: English
Type/Format: CaseStudy; Dataset; FactSheet; Policy Brief
Language code: English
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