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SUMMARY:Fathers\, Infants and Family Leave Policies: International Perspec
 tives and Policy Impact - Professor Margaret O'Brien\, University of East 
 Anglia
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CONTACT:Dr Julain Oldmeadow
DESCRIPTION:Infant care is no longer purely a private family matter. The c
 hallenge for most nations is to reach a settlement on the relative contrib
 ution of public and family resources to create a sustainable framework for
  mothers and fathers to work and care for their infant. A recent policy sp
 ot-light has been fathers. From the late 1990s\, in particular\, there has
  been a rapid expansion of parental leave and flexible working provision t
 argeted at fathers\, especially in the Nordic countries which have been gl
 obal pioneers in work-family policy innovation. Even in the US\, where wor
 k-family policy measures have not been a priority\, fathers as well as mot
 hers have been included in recent Congressional deliberations about work- 
 family reconciliation. \n\nUsing country audit data\, prepared by national
  experts of the International Network on Leave Policy and Research (Moss a
 nd O’Brien\, 2006) this paper will review evidence on fathers’ pattern
 s of leave taking and flexible working across several industrialised count
 ries.  Although process and impact studies of family leave are at an early
  stage\, it will be suggested that family leave and flexible working has t
 he potential to boost fathers’ emotional investment and connection with 
 infants. These infants have the opportunity to start life in parental time
 -rich environments. \n
LOCATION:SPS Seminar Room
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