28 May 2026 | data description

The European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) dataset: Leave duration entitlements for 21 countries from 1970 to 2024

Sonja Spitzer, Adèle Lemoine, Zhanxiong Song, Claudia Reiter, Angela Greulich, Agneta Herlitz, Alžběta Bártová, Elisa Brini, Zuzana Dančíková, Dovilė Galdauskaitė, Libertad González, Evi Hatzivarnava-Kazassi, Helena Honkaniemi, Sol Pía Juárez, Rannveig Kaldager Hart, Ida Lykke Kristiansen, Anna Kurowska, Katre Pall, Barbara Pertold-Gebicka, Tatjana Rakar, Tapio Räsänen, Konstantina Rentzou, Pedro Romero Balsas, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Laurène Thil, Dora Tuda, Lili Vargha, Daniele Vignoli, Sander Wagner, Katharina Wrohlich

Volume: 54 Article ID: 31
Pages: 987–1008
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.31

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19 November 2025 | replication

Reassessing the U-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility: A replication and extension of Kolk’s (2019) study using comprehensive gender equality measures

Haohao Lei

Volume: 53 Article ID: 29
Pages: 937–968
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2025.53.29

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09 November 2023 | research article

Attitudes toward work and parenthood following family-building transitions in Sweden: Identifying differences by gender and education

Eva Bernhardt, Frances Goldscheider, Malgorzata Switek

Volume: 49 Article ID: 30
Pages: 783–808
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2023.49.30

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23 May 2023 | summary

Introduction to the Special Collection on The new roles of women and men and implications for families and societies

Livia Sz. Oláh, Rudolf Richter, Irena Kotowska

Volume: 48 Article ID: 29
Pages: 849–866
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2023.48.29

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24 May 2022 | research article

Who took care of what? The gender division of unpaid work during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in France

Marta Pasqualini, Marta Dominguez Folgueras, Emanuele Ferragina, Olivier Godechot, Ettore Recchi, Mirna Safi

Volume: 46 Article ID: 34
Pages: 1007–1036
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2022.46.34

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03 March 2020 | research article

Embracing gender equality: Gender-role attitudes among second-generation immigrants in Norway

Ragni Hege Kitterød, Marjan Nadim

Volume: 42 Article ID: 14
Pages: 411–440
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.14

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18 June 2019 | research article

Parental leave policies and continued childbearing in Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

Ann-Zofie Duvander, Trude Lappegård, Synøve N. Andersen, Ólöf Garðarsdóttir, Gerda Neyer, Ida Viklund

Volume: 40 Article ID: 51
Pages: 1501–1528
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.51

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15 January 2019 | research article

Weak support for a U-shaped pattern between societal gender equality and fertility when comparing societies across time

Martin Kolk

Volume: 40 Article ID: 2
Pages: 27–48
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.2

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19 September 2018 | research article

Family policies, childbearing, and economic crisis: The case of Iceland

Ari Klængur Jónsson

Volume: 39 Article ID: 19
Pages: 561–592
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.19

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10 February 2017 | research article

Domestic division of labour and fertility preference in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan

Man-Yee Kan, Ekaterina Hertog

Volume: 36 Article ID: 18
Pages: 557–588
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.18

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08 February 2017 | research article

Division of housework and his and her view of housework fairness: A typology of Swedish couples

Leah Ruppanner, Eva Bernhardt, Maria Brandén

Volume: 36 Article ID: 16
Pages: 501–524
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.16

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26 October 2016 | research article

Who brings home the bacon? The influence of context on partners' contributions to the household income

Agnese Vitali, Bruno Arpino

Volume: 35 Article ID: 41
Pages: 1213–1244
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.41

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17 November 2015 | research article

Earnings and first birth probability among Norwegian men and women 1995-2010

Rannveig Kaldager Hart

Volume: 33 Article ID: 38
Pages: 1067–1104
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.38

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30 April 2015 | research article

What is your couple type? Gender ideology, housework sharing, and babies

Arnstein Aassve, Giulia Fuochi, Letizia Mencarini, Daria Mendola

Volume: 32 Article ID: 30
Pages: 835–858
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.30

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19 July 2012 | research article

Untraditional caring arrangements among parents living apart: The case of Norway

Ragni Hege Kitterød, Jan Lyngstad

Volume: 27 Article ID: 5
Pages: 121–152
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.27.5

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30 September 2011 | research article

Cohort change, diffusion, and support for gender egalitarianism in cross-national perspective

Fred Pampel

Volume: 25 Article ID: 21
Pages: 667–694
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.21

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02 February 2011 | reflection

Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "YES"

Livia Sz. Oláh

Volume: 24 Article ID: 9
Pages: 217–224
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.9

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02 February 2011 | reflection

Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? The second "NO"

Gerda Neyer

Volume: 24 Article ID: 10
Pages: 225–250
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.10

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09 March 2010 | research article

Can public policies sustain fertility in the Nordic countries?: Lessons from the past and questions for the future

Marit Rønsen, Kari Skrede

Volume: 22 Article ID: 13
Pages: 321–346
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.13

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27 October 2009 | research article

Understanding low fertility in Poland: Demographic consequences of gendered discrimination in employment and post-socialist neoliberal restructuring

Joanna Z. Mishtal

Volume: 21 Article ID: 20
Pages: 599–626
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.20

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01 July 2008 | research article

Sweden: Combining childbearing and gender equality

Livia Sz. Oláh, Eva Bernhardt

Volume: 19 Article ID: 28
Pages: 1105–1144
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.28

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15 March 2000 | descriptive finding

New fertility trends in Norway

Trude Lappegård

Volume: 2 Article ID: 3
Pages: –
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2000.2.3

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