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Leave arrangements and childcare services in Central Europe: Policies and practices before and after the transition
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The paper provides a comparative analysis of childcare and leave policies in four Central European countries. The first part considers developments in policy since the 1960s, including the first extended leave scheme introduced in Hungary in 1967 and the changes that have taken place since the end of the communist regimes. Although the transition process during the 1990s had many similarities, the emergence of national, cultural and religious identities contributed to some diversification of policies. After certain divergent trends, the Czech Republic and Hungary converged again towards the end of the 1990s, as both countries returned to a pro-natalist approach. Slovakia has retained a balance between pro-natalist and pro-traditional approaches. Poland had less generous policies before 1989: the subsequent political resurgence of Catholicism has accentuated the specificity of that country's policies. The second part discusses major issues arising in the post-1990 period: population policy and fertility; women's employment and the gap between rights and practices in the division of household work; and the specific situation in the Czech Republic. El articulo aporta un análisis comparativo de las políticas del cuidado infantil y permiso laboral (baja por maternidad/paternidad) en los cuatro países centroeuropeos. La primera parte considera el desarrollo de la política desde los 1960s, incluida la primera esquema de permiso prolongado introducido en Hungría en 1967 y los cambios…
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“There are also suggestions that the impact of parental leave may be influenced by the availability (or not) of adequate childcare provisions, and whether or not such a leave is aiming at increasing gender equality or at keeping mothers longer at home (Sobotka, Matysiak, and Brzozowska 2019; Kocourková 2002).”
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- Authors
- Kocourková, J.
- Affiliations
- Charles University (CZ)
- Corresponding author
- Kocourková, Jiřina
- ORCID
- Kocourková, Jiřina
- Venue
- Community, Work & Family
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2002-12
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 301-318
- ISSN
- 1366-8803 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-3615
- OpenAlex
- W2006350658
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 6.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Community Work & Family (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Policies and Family
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- parental leave, childcare policy, post-communist transition, pronatalist policy, population policy, fertility, women's employment, gender equality, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Central Europe, comparative policy analysis
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