Article 4FGGV Men who receive paid paternity leave want fewer children, study finds

Men who receive paid paternity leave want fewer children, study finds

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Spain's paternity leave was part of a set of policies to promote gender equality in the labor market and at home, a researcher said

Parents who received paid paternity leave took longer to have another child and men's desire for more children dropped, a study in Spain has found. The progressive reform towards gender equality may have changed the way men in the Mediterranean country see fertility.

The introduction of paternity leave in Spain, like in other countries, was part of a set of policies designed to promote gender equality both in the labor market and at home, said Libertad Gonzilez, one of the researchers behind the report. It was also to promote fertility. "Spain is a low-fertility country," Gonzilez said. But it seemed to have the opposite effect.

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