IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/applec/v55y2023i53p6277-6293.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The effect of social gender norms on parental leave uptake intentions: evidence from two survey experiments on prospective fathers and mothers

Author

Listed:
  • Jens Agerström
  • Magnus Carlsson
  • Asuman Erenel

Abstract

We investigate how social gender norms influence parental leave uptake intentions by conducting two separate survey experiments on prospective fathers (N = 877) and mothers (N = 882) in the UK. In a between-subjects design, we manipulate social gender norms by varying information on the average number of days that other fathers and mothers stay at home to take care of a child during the first year after childbirth. We find that when prospective parents (both genders) are exposed to the low staying-home-with-children norm, they plan less parental leave uptake compared to the control (no norm) group. When exposed to the high staying-home-with-children norm, men (but not women) plan more parental leave uptake compared to the control group. We discuss policy implications and suggest directions for future studies.

Suggested Citation

  • Jens Agerström & Magnus Carlsson & Asuman Erenel, 2023. "The effect of social gender norms on parental leave uptake intentions: evidence from two survey experiments on prospective fathers and mothers," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(53), pages 6277-6293, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:55:y:2023:i:53:p:6277-6293
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2142192
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00036846.2022.2142192
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00036846.2022.2142192?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:55:y:2023:i:53:p:6277-6293. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/RAEC20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.