This article is based on a survey that we conducted among 1,130 couples with children 3-8 years old, in Madrid and its metropolitan area. allowed us, the first place to obtain an estimation of take-up rate duration different kinds childbirth leaves Spanish workers use when they have or adopt child. In second place, participation father has been analyzed comparison mother’s 18 specific childcare activities. A measure for involvement (relative mother) included 14 non-playful activities was...

Can an egalitarian reform in the parental leave system reduce motherhood labor penalty?Some evidence from Spain / ¿Puede una reforma igualitaria del sistema de permisos parentales reducir la penalización laboral por maternidad?Alguna evidencia española

A controlled experiment was conducted to detect gender biases that participants, acting as advisers, may have when providing guidance teenagers on their career choice. We presented a fictional profile the study participants – university students from Spain of 15-year-old person, called Manuel or María, with two possible levels academic record. The were asked evaluate student's mathematical ability and provide regarding whether not he she should engineering in future. assumed effect being...

Many working fathers would be potential users of the existing reconciliation measures but they do not request them. One barrier encounter is lack sensitivity on part corporate culture to men who want balance work and family life. We use a sample Spanish wage-earner path analysis analyze—following Sen's capability approach—how companies that support by can reduce gap between theoretical rights effective measures, which leads decrease in levels work–family conflict experienced these fathers.

This article examines why Spanish fathers still make little use of the family-friendly measures (FFM) they are entitled to. Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach is applied to analysis this agency gap in work-family balance (WFB). Males wishing work and family face a series barriers that inhibit their FFM, creating between theoretical right these real ability do so. We illustrate broader issue with qualitative information collected from sample (59 semi-structured interviews 43 salaried...

The problem of capital allocation to a set strategies could be partially avoided or at least greatly simplified with an appropriate strategy approval decision process. This paper proposes such procedure. We begin by splitting the into two sequential stages: and portfolio optimization. Then we argue that goal second stage is beat naïve benchmark, first identify which improve performance benchmark. believe this sensible approach, as it does not leave all work optimizer, thus adding robustness...

We use Sen’s capability approach to identify factors able increase the effective freedom of working parents when deciding length their parental leave. conducted a factorial survey experiment (FSE) with Spanish sample employees aged between 25 and 45. Respondents were asked imagine that they first-time several descriptions hypothetical situations or vignettes (where aspects leave system, workplace family environment randomly varied) presented them. Our goal was causal effect number dimensions...

Purpose In January 2021, Spanish paid parental leave for fathers was fully equated with that mothers. Is this facilitating working developing an identity of caring fathers? Design/methodology/approach We conducted qualitative research based on 31 interviews heterosexual residing in Spain, who had a child from 1, 2021 onwards, cohabited the baby’s mother, and were salaried. also added two mothers same characteristics seven human resources managers large companies. Findings There has been...

Young women still have a lower entrepreneurial inclination (EI) than young men in both Latin society (Spain) and Nordic (Iceland).Our data come from survey conducted among university students who attended the Complutense University of Madrid Iceland.After constructing set variables indicators that served as explanatory variables, after conducting statistical regression analysis, this study provides evidence about determinants gender gap EI.The EI male was more sensitive to having higher...

The problem of capital allocation to a set strategies could be partially avoided or at least greatly simplified with an appropriate strategy approval decision process. This paper proposes such procedure.We begin by splitting the into two sequential stages: and portfolio optimization. Then we argue that goal second stage is beat naïve benchmark, first identify which improve performance benchmark. We believe this sensible approach, as it does not leave all work optimizer, thus adding...