The first report from the EU-Cost Action Project CA21150 on Paid Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability was released this week, co-authored by members of Working Group (WG) 5 ‘Sustainable PPL data’ (Leaders: Dobrotić & Ásdís Aðalbjörg Arnalds).
It provides a comprehensive overview of data gaps in existing comparative surveys; comparative leave policy indicators databases, and administrative data at the national levels.
A critical analysis of the conceptualization and measurement of parental leave covers ten comparative surveys: EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS), EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), European Quality of Life Surveys (EQLS), European Working Conditions Surveys (EWCS), Eurobarometer, European Social Survey (ESS), International Social Survey Program (ISSP), European Values Survey (EVS), Generations and Gender Survey (GGS), and the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS).
The report also provides an insight into publicly available comparative leave policy indicators produced by the International Network on Leave Policies & Research (LP&R), databases of international organisations (EU, CoE, OECD and ILO), and data provided by research institutions and researchers.
National-level administrative and survey data on the use of paid maternity, paternity and parental leave, provided by members of CA21150 is also critically appraised.