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Decline In Male Fertility Linked To Getting Paid Family Leave

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After Spain instituted paternity leave reform on 2007 - what the Spanish needed to help their highest unemployment in Europe was even fewer people working - male fertility went down, according to an analysis of birth records before and after the switch.This is in contrast to some claims that maternity leave can boost fertility. Uptake of the new paternity leave was very high among new dads. Then something strange happened.

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While more and more fathers use the papa month, the number of longer Karenzen decreases. Equal parental leave could break old role models

·Vienna, Austria
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"Equality does not happen automatically. It must be politically intentional and practical." "Equality begins at home – and finally needs fair working time models," says Christa Hörmann, Vice President of the ÖGB, on the occasion of the Father's Day on 8 June. In Austria, around 50 percent of women work part-time. "Not because they want this, but because they often have no other choice: lack of childcare, inflexible working hours and an unequal d…

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der Standard AT broke the news in Vienna, Austria on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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