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

Author Collaboration für "Policy as normative influence?"; Simon Schindler; Carolin Schuster; Maria I.T. Olsson; Laura Froehlich; Ann Kathrin Hübner

doi:10.1111/bjso.12806

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

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In: British Journal of Social Psychology, 23.10.2024.

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

abstract = "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.",

keywords = "childcare, gender inequality, parental leave, policy, social norms, Psychology",

author = "{Author Collaboration f{\"u}r {"}Policy as normative influence?{"}} and Simon Schindler and Carolin Schuster and Olsson, {Maria I.T.} and Laura Froehlich and H{\"u}bner, {Ann Kathrin} and Katharina Block and Colette Van Laar and Toni Schmader and Loes Meeussen and {van Grootel}, Sanne and Alyssa Croft and Sun, {Molly Shuyi} and Mare Ainsaar and Lianne Aarntzen and Magdalena Adamus and Joel Anderson and Ciara Atkinson and Mohamad Avicenna and Przemys{\l}aw B{\c a}bel and Markus Barth and Tessa Benson-Greenwald and Edona Maloku and Jacques Berent and Bergsieker, {Hilary B.} and Monica Biernat and Andreea Birneanu and Blerta Bodinaku and Janine Bosak and Jennifer Bosson and Marija Brankovi{\'c} and Julius Burkauskas and Vladim{\'i}ra {\v C}avojov{\'a} and Sapna Cheryan and Eunsoo Choi and Incheol Choi and Contreras-Ib{\'a}{\~n}ez, {Carlos C.} and Andrew Coogan and Ivan Danyliuk and Ilan Dar-Nimrod and Nilanjana Dasgupta and {de Lemus}, Soledad and Thierry Devos and Marwan Diab and Diekman, {Amanda B.} and Maria Efremova and L{\'e}{\"i}la Eisner and Anja Eller and Rasa Erentaite and Denisa Fed{\'a}kov{\'a} and Renata Franc",

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year = "2024",

month = oct,

day = "23",

doi = "10.1111/bjso.12806",

language = "English",

journal = "British Journal of Social Psychology",

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AU - Author Collaboration für "Policy as normative influence?"

AU - Schindler, Simon

AU - Schuster, Carolin

AU - Olsson, Maria I.T.

AU - Froehlich, Laura

AU - Hübner, Ann Kathrin

AU - Block, Katharina

AU - Van Laar, Colette

AU - Schmader, Toni

AU - Meeussen, Loes

AU - van Grootel, Sanne

AU - Croft, Alyssa

AU - Sun, Molly Shuyi

AU - Ainsaar, Mare

AU - Aarntzen, Lianne

AU - Adamus, Magdalena

AU - Anderson, Joel

AU - Atkinson, Ciara

AU - Avicenna, Mohamad

AU - Bąbel, Przemysław

AU - Barth, Markus

AU - Benson-Greenwald, Tessa

AU - Maloku, Edona

AU - Berent, Jacques

AU - Bergsieker, Hilary B.

AU - Biernat, Monica

AU - Birneanu, Andreea

AU - Bodinaku, Blerta

AU - Bosak, Janine

AU - Bosson, Jennifer

AU - Branković, Marija

AU - Burkauskas, Julius

AU - Čavojová, Vladimíra

AU - Cheryan, Sapna

AU - Choi, Eunsoo

AU - Choi, Incheol

AU - Contreras-Ibáñez, Carlos C.

AU - Coogan, Andrew

AU - Danyliuk, Ivan

AU - Dar-Nimrod, Ilan

AU - Dasgupta, Nilanjana

AU - de Lemus, Soledad

AU - Devos, Thierry

AU - Diab, Marwan

AU - Diekman, Amanda B.

AU - Efremova, Maria

AU - Eisner, Léïla

AU - Eller, Anja

AU - Erentaite, Rasa

AU - Fedáková, Denisa

AU - Franc, Renata

PY - 2024/10/23

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N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

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KW - gender inequality

KW - parental leave

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