📢 New dataset for researchers! The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024. 🔗 eplp-dataset.org

By covering 33 variables on leave duration, benefits, flexibility, and incentives for sharing leave, the dataset enables quantitative analyses of policy trends, cross-national differences, and the effects of major reforms – for researchers, policymakers, and others interested in family policy.

A coordinated effort of 30 researchers and national experts across Europe led by @sonja-spitzer.bsky.social and Adèle Lemoine at the Vienna Institute of Demography @oeaw.bsky.social #demography

Part of the team, amongst others: @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social @elibrini.bsky.social @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social @rannveigkhart.bsky.social @idalykkekr.bsky.social @tapiorasanen.bsky.social @romero-balsas.bsky.social @doratuda.bsky.social @lilivargha.bsky.social @sanderwagner.bsky.social