Paid parental leave policy: a response to Maureen Baker

Authors

  • Paul Callister
  • Judith Galtry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v7i4.4400

Keywords:

paid parental leave in New Zealand, Welfare Working Group, Child Poverty Action Group, gender pay gap

Abstract

In the August 2011 issue of Policy Quarterly, Maureen Baker sets out to outline ‘Key issues in parental leave policy’. One aim of the article was to examine ‘some of the continuing debates about paid parental leave’. However, we argue that the article fails to advance debates about paid parental leave in New Zealand, because: 1) it does not adequately engage with recent national and international literature; 2) it lacks new empirical evidence; 3) its theoretical basis is confused; and 4) no clear, new policy directions are promoted.  

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Policy Quarterly volume 7 number 4 2011

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Published

2011-11-01

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Vol. 7 No. 4 (2011): Policy Quarterly

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