Motherhood and parental leave interrupt employment relationships, likely imposing costs on firms. We document that mothers who are difficult to replace internally take shorter leave and that their firms hire replacements more often. Introducing more generous parental leave benefits erases the...

The article deals with the position of the child’s father in labour relations. The comparative analysis of legislation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is based not only on labour law, but also on social security law and anti-discrimination law. The authors aim to point out the difference in...

Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women’s employment rates but decrease their wages in case of extended leave durations. In view of these potential trade-offs, many countries are discussing the optimal design of parental leave policies. We analyze the impact of a major...

We study how children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affected by an increase in the duration of parental care during infancy. Exploiting a Danish reform that extended paid parental leave in 2002 and effectively delayed children's entry into formal out-of-home care, we...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Caregiving Fathers and the Fatherhood Forfeit -- Chapter 3. Think Child- Think Mum -- Chapter 4. Support Available- Subject to Negotiation -- Chapter 5. Social Mistreatment of Caregiving Fathers -- Chapter 6. Caregiving Fathers During Covid-19 -- Chapter 7....