Abstract
This article focuses on structural components that influence fathers in Austria in their decision to take paternal leave and stay at home when the child is below the age of three. First, it can be shown that the value structure in Austrian society does not motivate fathers to take leave. Second, we look at the employment and income structure as well as at the availability of childcare facilities. In particular, differences in earnings do not encourage fathers to stay at home. Family policies in Austria offer different models of parental leave where the earnings replacement rate is low and parental leave periods can be long. The outcome that, in view of the measures introduced, a rather low rate of fathers take the childcare benefit and stay at home is discussed. As a consequence, all the factors examined in this article likely perpetuate the inequality of men and women in the field of caring for children and maintain the existing structure.
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