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Providing paid leave that is mandatory for dads versus shared among parents is more effective in getting dads to take time off to care for their newborns though, according to data from the OECD.
In Scandinavian countries, required paternity leave has been dubbed the \"daddy quota.\" It has proven successful in getting dads to take time off for their kids, with the OECD reporting it led to a doubling in the number of parental leave days used by men in Iceland and Sweden.
The OECD also finds that new dads taking time off work can help fight hiring discrimination against women because employers begin to see men and women as equally likely to take time off work for births.
In addition to hiring discrimination, women -- both pregnant and not -- already face a gender pay gap in which they earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by a man (a gap that increases for non-white women). That pay gap only increases when women step away from their careers after having a child, experts say.
Paternity leave impacts not just the workplace, but home life, too, of course. Having a new dad stay at home can both improve couples' relationships and help make the distribution of labor (changing diapers, doing laundry, cleaning, etc.) more equal between men and women from the start, according to a recent study by Ball State University that looked at 4,700 couples.
\"Given that burdens of housework and child care often disproportionately fall on mothers, taking paternity leave — and longer leaves — may help to promote a more equitable division of labor in families and help mothers to feel that is fair,\" Richard Petts, a Ball State sociology professor who co-authored the study, said in a statement.
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