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Flexible Work and Flexible Fathers

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  • Berit Brandth

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Elin Kvande

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

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The expansion of the parental leave scheme in Norway, which now grants extensive rights to employed fathers, has occured in a period of great changes in working life. The equality politics of the welfare state have been explicitly focussed on bringing reproduction more into the open in working life by allowing mothers and fathers the right to stay at home on leave when they have children. To have working life adapt to family life is, however, in contrast with the new trends in working life whereby some workplaces are becoming more and more seductive and greedy. In this article we examine two different types of leave with regard to standardisation and flexibilisation, and ask what type is most successful considering central characteristics of late-modern working life such as individualism and choice, flexible working hours and boundless jobs. Findings show that the majority of fathers use the compulsory leave while the uptake of the flexible leave is inhibited by considerations of its impact on men's employment.

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  • Berit Brandth & Elin Kvande, 2001. "Flexible Work and Flexible Fathers," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 15(2), pages 251-267, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:15:y:2001:i:2:p:251-267
    DOI: 10.1177/09500170122118940
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    1. Elena Grinza & Francesco Devicienti & Mariacristina Rossi & Davide Vannoni, 2017. "How Entry into Parenthood Shapes Gender Role Attitudes: New Evidence from Longitudinal UK Data," Carlo Alberto Notebooks 511, Collegio Carlo Alberto.
    2. Trude Lappegard, 2008. "Changing the Gender Balance in Caring: Fatherhood and the Division of Parental Leave in Norway," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 27(2), pages 139-159, April.
    3. Trude Lappegård, 2008. "Couples' Parental Leave Practices The Role of the Workplace Situation," Discussion Papers 561, Statistics Norway, Research Department.
    4. Bünning, Mareike, 2016. "Die Vereinbarkeitsfrage für Männer: Welche Auswirkungen haben Elternzeiten und Teilzeitarbeit auf die Stundenlöhne von Vätern?," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 68(4), pages 597-618.
    5. Bernhardt, Janine & Bünning, Mareike, 2017. "Arbeitszeiten von Vätern: Welche Rolle spielen betriebskulturelle und betriebsstrukturelle Rahmenbedingungen?," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 29(1), pages 49-71.
    6. O'Reilly Jacqueline, 2008. "Can a Basic Income Lead to a More Gender Equal Society?," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 3(3), pages 1-7, December.
    7. Pia S. Schober, 2012. "Parental Leave Policies and Child Care Time in Couples after Childbirth," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 434, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).

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