Research Handbook on Leave Policy

Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective

Edited by Ivana Dobrotić, Associate Professor of Comparative Social Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Sonja Blum, Acting Associate Professor for Comparative Politics and Public Policy, Faculty of Sociology, University of Bielefeld, Germany and Alison Koslowski, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, University College London, UK

Featuring contributions from leading international scholars of social policy, this dynamic Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of conceptual and methodological developments on leave policy as well as state-of-the-art findings on leave policy determinants and outcomes globally.

This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

‘This cutting-edge collection deftly explores the past and future of parenting leave policy. The authors – an interdisciplinary who’s who in leave policy research – tackle the complexities of parenting leave with a keen focus on social inequalities, broadly defined. Its fresh focus on new frontiers in policy development and research will be generative of research for years to come.’
– Jennifer Hook, University of Southern California, US

“Child-linked离开政策is one of the most dynamic and diversified fields of family policy both at the ideational and normative levels, featuring also as a multilayered package, as the rich chapters of this book document both analytically and empirically. This is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how and why leaves are regulated as they are in different contexts and times, while offering a new starting point for future research.’
– Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Italy