Policy as normative influence? On the relationship between parental leave policy and social norms in gender division of childcare across 48 countries

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F25%3A00140331" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/25:00140331 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12806" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12806</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12806" target="_blank" >10.1111/bjso.12806</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Policy as normative influence? On the relationship between parental leave policy and social norms in gender division of childcare across 48 countries

Original language description

In the present work, we addressed the relationship between parental leave policies and social norms. Using a pre-registered, cross-national approach, we examined the relationship between parental leave policies and the perception of social norms for the gender division of childcare. In this study, 19,259 students (11,924 women) from 48 countries indicated the degree to which they believe childcare is (descriptive norm) and should be (prescriptive norm) equally divided among mothers and fathers. Policies were primarily operationalized as the existence of parental leave options in the respective country. The descriptive and prescriptive norms of equal division of childcare were stronger when parental leave was available in a country – also when controlling for potential confounding variables. Moreover, analyses of time since policy change suggested that policy change may initially affect prescriptive norms and then descriptive norms at a later point. However, due to the cross-sectional nature of the data, drawing causal inferences is difficult.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

ISSN

0144-6665

e-ISSN

2044-8309

Volume of the periodical

64

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

1-24

UT code for WoS article

001424727500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85207005964