Incremento en la duración del permiso exclusivo para padres y sus consecuencias en el cuidado infantil desde la perspectiva de las madres

Pedro Romero-Balsas

doi:10.22325/fes/res.2022.85

Increase in the length of paternity leave and its consequences on childcare from the perspective of mothers

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Pedro Romero-Balsas Universidad Autónoma de Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-7927

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https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2022.85

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childcare, fatherhood, fathers' quota, parental leave, public policy

Abstract

Fatherhood changes over time along with, among other factors, innovations in family policies. This article evaluates the influence on fathers’ involvement in childcare through the increase in the duration of paternity leave from two to five weeks carried out from 2007 to 2018. Data from the 2018 Spanish fertility survey are used. Sample size consists of 3,388 interviews. Logistic regression models are performed for ten childcare tasks. The results suggest that the two-week paternity leave entails greater father involvement in care activities more commonly performed by fathers, which include interaction and play. While the use of paternity leave of four and five weeks favours a more equal distribution in care tasks that include greater physical care and closeness to children. However, no changes were observed in the care tasks most commonly performed by women, such as shopping for clothes or dressing children.

Author Biography

Pedro Romero-Balsas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Profesor del Departamento de Sociología de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Es doctor en Sociología, con premio extraordinario, por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2014. Ha sido investigador visitante en la Unidad de Investigación Thomas Coram (University College London), en el Instituto Federal de Investigación de la Población (Alemania) y en el Departamento de Sociología y Ciencias Políticas de la NTNU (Noruega). Regularmente asiste y presenta los resultados de su actividad investigadora en congresos nacionales e internacionales. Ha sido miembro de la junta ejecutiva de la ESFR y actualmente es miembro de la junta directiva de la RN13 en la ESA y en la comisión de investigación de familia de las FES (CI03). Sus áreas de investigación son sociología de las familias, permisos parentales, paternidad, parentalidad, familias multiculturales, conciliación de la vida profesional y familiar, movilidad laboral y políticas públicas.

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2021-08-03

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Romero-Balsas, P. (2021). Increase in the length of paternity leave and its consequences on childcare from the perspective of mothers. Spanish Journal of Sociology, 31(1), a85. https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2022.85

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Vol. 31 No. 1 (2022): Miscellaneous and controversy on prostitution

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