Research design: data and methods -- Descriptive analysis of employment and enrolment in education -- Descriptive analysis of participants in integration programmes -- The Oaxaca decomposition -- Participants in the Scandinavian integration programmes -- Hypotheses: discussion -- Explaining...

Introduction -- Equality between fathers and mothers -- Parental leave in the Nordic countries -- Key findings -- Does parental leave change a father’s experience of parenting, relationships and work? -- Nordic fathers in context -- Conclusions -- Does parental leave change a father’s values?.