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Eligibility to Parental-Leave Benefits in 21 European Countries: Social and gender inequalities in policy design

The comparative literature on leave policies has been predominantly oriented at the scope of benefits (e.g. leave duration, benefit generosity) for employed parents, while there is less knowledge about eligibility for leave rights, especially for parents less (securely) attached to the labour market. That conceals inequalities in access to leave rights among parents in and within different countries. In this paper, we draw on information from the ‘International Review on Leave Policies’ to study entitlement bases and eligibility criteria of leave rights in 21 European countries. Moreover, by comparing the situation in 2006 and 2017, we address the question to what extent the countries have shifted towards a more employment-oriented perspective, and how these developments affect social and gender inequalities in access to parental leave benefits. This might be related to changing policy ideas in leave policymaking, such as the social-investment paradigm.

Parental Leave, Eligibility Criteria, Social Inequalities, Gender

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