The Policy Feasibility Analysis of Paid Father-specific Parental Leave Policy in China Discussion from the Perspective of Policy Comparison
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.210909.014How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Paid Father-specific Parental Leave, Family policy, Gender equity, Policy comparison
- Abstract
As the world population enters the stage of modern population growth, many countries are facing the risk of declining fertility rates and increasing aging trends in recent years. Among the family policies around the world, father-specific parental leave or home care policy has been proved to be of great significance in promoting gender equity and raising the national fertility rate among some European countries. The paper examines the feasibility of enacting the Paid Father-specific Parental Leave Policy in China, based on the previous practices taken in Sweden, the United States, and Japan in the past few years from the perspective of policy comparison. In the first part, this paper makes an in-depth comparison and analysis of the family policies in the four countries from several dimensions, including beneficiary groups, financial support and the length of holidays. In the latter part, the paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the policies of Sweden, the United States and Japan, and the author will provides suggestions for the implementation of parental leave policies in China. The conclusion drawn from the paper is that the Chinese government should provide both direct and indirect support for parents, especially for career women. Supporting policies should emphasize father’s participation in childcare, and the government should also consider other cooperative parenting policies as a whole.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xiwen Huang PY - 2021 DA - 2021/09/11 TI - The Policy Feasibility Analysis of Paid Father-specific Parental Leave Policy in China Discussion from the Perspective of Policy Comparison BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Management, Economy and Law (ICMEL 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 98 EP - 104 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210909.014 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210909.014 ID - Huang2021 ER -