Autor(en): | Olsson, Maria I. T. van Grootel, Sanne Block, Katharina Schuster, Carolin Meeussen, Loes Van Laar, Colette Schmader, Toni Croft, Alyssa Sun, Molly Shuyi Ainsaar, Mare Aarntzen, Lianne Adamus, Magdalena Anderson, Joel Atkinson, Ciara Avicenna, Mohamad Babel, Przemyslaw Barth, Markus Benson-Greenwald, Tessa M. Maloku, Edona Berent, Jacques Bergsieker, Hilary B. Biernat, Monica Birneanu, Andreea G. Bodinaku, Blerta Bosak, Janine Bosson, Jennifer Brankovic, Marija Burkauskas, Julius Cavojova, Vladimira Cheryan, Sapna Choi, Eunsoo Choi, Incheol Contreras-Ibanez, Carlos C. Coogan, Andrew Danyliuk, Ivan Dar-Nimrod, Ilan Dasgupta, Nilanjana de Lemus, Soledad Devos, Thierry Diab, Marwan Diekman, Amanda B. Efremova, Maria Eisner, Leila Eller, Anja Erentaite, Rasa Fedakova, Denisa Franc, Renata Gartzia, Leire Gavreliuc, Alin Gavreliuc, Dana Gecaite-Stonciene, Julija Germano, Adriana L. Giovannelli, Ilaria Diaz, Renzo Gismondi Gitikhmayeva, Lyudmila Gizaw, Abiy Menkir Gjoneska, Biljana Martinez Gonzalez, Omar Gonzalez, Roberto David Grijalva, Isaac Guengoer, Derya Senden, Marie Gustafsson Hall, William Harb, Charles Hassan, Bushra Haessler, Tabea Hawi, Diala R. Henningsen, Levke Hoppe, Annedore Ishii, Keiko Jaksic, Ivana Jasini, Alba Jurkeviciene, Jurgita Kelmendi, Kaltrina Kirby, Teri A. Kitakaji, Yoko Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza Kozytska, Inna Kulich, Clara Kundtova-Klocova, Eva Kunuroglu, Filiz Aidy, Christina Lapytskaia Lee, Albert Lindqvist, Anna Lopez-Lopez, Wilson Luzvinda, Liany Maricchiolo, Fridanna Martinot, Delphine McNamara, Rita Anne Meister, Alyson Melka, Tizita Lemma Mickuviene, Narseta Isabel Miranda-Orrego, Maria Mkamwa, Thadeus Morandini, James Morton, Thomas Mrisho, David Nikitin, Jana Otten, Sabine Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina Page-Gould, Elizabeth Perandres, Ana Pizarro, Jon Pop-Jordanova, Nada Pyrkosz-Pacyna, Joanna Quta, Sameir Ramis, TamilSelvan Rani, Nitya Redersdorff, Sandrine Regner, Isabelle Renstrom, Emma A. Rivera-Rodriguez, Adrian Esmeralda Rocha, Sanchez Tania Ryabichenko, Tatiana Saab, Rim Sakata, Kiriko Samekin, Adil Sanchez-Pachecho, Tracy Scheifele, Carolin Schulmeyer, Marion K. Sczesny, Sabine Sirlopu, David Smith-Castro, Vanessa Soo, Kadri Spaccatini, Federica Steele, Jennifer R. Steffens, Melanie C. Sucic, Ines Vandello, Joseph Maria Velasquez-Diaz, Laura Vink, Melissa Vives, Eva Warkineh, Turuwark Zalalam Zezelj, Iris Zhang, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Xian Martiny, Sarah E. |
Stichwörter: | ATTITUDES; CHILD-CARE; childcare; cross-national; DIVISION; EQUALITY; FAMILY; FATHERS; gender; Government & Law; inequality; INVOLVEMENT; parental leave; POLICY; Political Science; Psychology; Psychology, Social; REVOLUTION; WORK |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Herausgeber: | WILEY |
Journal: | POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY |
Zusammenfassung: | Despite global commitments and efforts, a gender-based division of paid and unpaid work persists. To identify how psychological factors, national policies, and the broader sociocultural context contribute to this inequality, we assessed parental-leave intentions in young adults (18-30years old) planning to have children (N = 13,942; 8,880 identified as women; 5,062 identified as men) across 37 countries that varied in parental-leave policies and societal gender equality. In all countries, women intended to take longer leave than men. National parental-leave policies and women's political representation partially explained cross-national variations in the gender gap. Gender gaps in leave intentions were paradoxically larger in countries with more gender-egalitarian parental-leave policies (i.e., longer leave available to both fathers and mothers). Interestingly, this cross-national variation in the gender gap was driven by cross-national variations in women's (rather than men's) leave intentions. Financially generous leave and gender-egalitarian policies (linked to men's higher uptake in prior research) were not associated with leave intentions in men. Rather, men's leave intentions were related to their individual gender attitudes. Leave intentions were inversely related to career ambitions. The potential for existing policies to foster gender equality in paid and unpaid work is discussed. |
ISSN: | 0162-895X |
DOI: | 10.1111/pops.12880 |