育児休業制度のジェンダ-効果--北欧諸国における男性の役割変化を中心に (特集先進諸国における家族政策と雇用政策の関係)

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Parental leave arrangements are not always gender innovative. Even though both women and men have the equal rights to take this leave, most users are mothers. Women's taking parental leave reproduces inequality in the labour market. What conditions, then, are necessary to make the parental leave policy more gender innovative? This paper consider gender-sensitive scheme of parental leave for men to care for their children, by looking at some experiences in Nordic Countries (Sweden, Denmark and Norway) and European Union. The European experiences show us two basic trends in policy : 1) from "male breadwinner model" to "equal share model", 2) from "family entitlement" to "individual right on anon-transferable basis". The nordic experiences suggest four conditions of gender sensitive policy on parental leave : 1) enough length of at least over 6 months, 2) high payment connected with salary, 3) flexibility, and 4) quota. We found also the relevant policies directed to such areas as the innovation of corporate culture, the transformation of father's roles and social supports for fathers as carers. On the top of these policies improving father's involvement in childcare, the positive action for men as workers in childcare sevices seem necessary. We can share the childcare between women and men, as well as between family and states.
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