Iga Magda at the SOHE Conference with the Beethoven project
June 20 2025
The SOHE - Society for household Economics conference took place from 9 - 13 June in Zaragoza, Spain. The results of the work in the Beethoven project look at childcare sharing and decision-making and the use - or not - of non-transferable parental leave.
Our research contributes to a better understanding of fathers’ involvement in childcare by providing the first causal evidence from a survey-based experiment on parental leave and social norms. It shows that both the features of parental leave policies and the correction of misconceptions about social norms have a significant impact on fathers’ declared willingness to take leave.
* The project is funded by National Science Centre, Poland, under the BEETHOVEN CLASSIC 4 (2020/39/G/HS4/03138).
