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Still the Odd Man Out

Still the Odd Man Out

Interview with Katharina Micheel
Population Europe: Most European countries are facing low birth rates. What role do fathers play in this? Katharina Micheel: One crucial development is the increasing labour market participation of women. That puts into question the traditional gender arrangements. And it’s linked to the questions of gender equality and gender equity. The role of fathers has changed from solely a supporter to a co-nurturer, yet there is ambivalence in most countries because, nevertheless, traditional attitudes are still common.
Books and Reports: A Future With Children – Booklet And Study By German, Swiss And Austrian Researchers

A Future With Children – Booklet And Study By German, Swiss And Austrian Researchers

A European team of 25 researchers focused on the issue of declining birth rates in three German-speaking countries. A summary of their findings and recommendations has now been published in a booklet that questions many commen myths. It can be downloaded for free in English, German and French (see link). The team, gathered between 2009 and 2012 by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Leopoldina, represents various disciplines – sociology, demography, history and medicine.
Books and Reports: Demographic Portrait Of Hungary 2012

Demographic Portrait Of Hungary 2012

Recently published by the Demographic Research Institute of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Eds. Péter Őri & Zsolt Spéder), this comprehensive book describes Hungary’s demographic situation and interprets the trends in a European context. The publication aims to reach out to a broad audience by explaining demographic topics in a way that can be easily understood by experts and the general public alike. It updates the previous 2009 issue and additionally introduces two major new approaches: The first one is the emphasis on regional differences within the country.
Les jours de Papa

Les jours de Papa

Les effets des réformes promouvant le congé paternité en Suède
La Suède est un pays fréquemment cité comme modèle lorsqu’il s’agit de l’égalité entre les sexes de manière générale et des possibilités de congés parentaux en particulier. Ann-Zofie Duvander (Stockholm University) et Mats Johansson (Swedish Social Insurance Agency) veulent déterminer les effets de trois réformes introduites en Suède entre 1995 et 2008 sur la répartition du congé parental entre les deux parents. En 1974, la Suède a été le premier pays à introduire le congé parental fixé selon les revenus. La durée de ce congé a été allongée de plus d’un an dans les années 1980.  
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Daddy’s Days

The effects of reforms promoting fathers’ parental leave in Sweden
Sweden is often referred to as a role model when it comes to gender equality in general, and for its parental leave allowances in particular. Ann-Zofie Duvander (Stockholm University) and Mats Johansson (Swedish Social Insurance Agency) aim at determining the effects of three reforms introduced in Sweden between 1995 and 2008 on the division of parental leave days between the parents. Sweden first introduced parental leave with earnings-related benefits in 1974. The length of leave was extended in the 1980s to over a year.  
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