Arranging childcare in two Nordic countries: A comparison of ECEC start in Iceland and Sweden.

Autor/inn/en	Arnalds, Ásdís; Duvander, Ann-Zofie
Titel	Arranging childcare in two Nordic countries: A comparison of ECEC start in Iceland and Sweden. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Organisation von Kinderbetreuung in zwei nordischen Ländern: Ein Vergleich des FBBE-Starts in Island und Schweden.
Quelle	In: Journal of family research, (2023) 35, S. 471-488Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2699-2337
DOI	10.20377/jfr-896
Schlagwörter	Lebensalter; Mutter; Elternzeit; Familienpolitik; Kinderbetreuung; Kindertagesstätte; Frühpädagogik; Rechtsanspruch; Angebotsentwicklung; Internationaler Vergleich; Dauer; Auswirkung; Einflussfaktor; Inanspruchnahme; Island; Schweden
Abstract	"Objective: The study examines the age children in Iceland and Sweden start Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) and how children's starting age is associated with parents' use of paid parental leave and their characteristics. Background: While children in Iceland have no legal rights to ECEC following the end of paid parental leave, in Sweden there is a continuum between paid parental leave and publicly subsidized ECEC. The leave period is also shorter in Iceland than in Sweden. The article addresses how these policy differences reflect the transition from paid parental leave to ECEC-start in the two countries. Method: The study uses survey data, collected among parents in Iceland and Sweden. Results: Children in Iceland have an earlier ECEC start than children in Sweden. This earlier start, however, has to do with the number of children being placed in family day care while waiting for a place in the public run preschools. Mothers in Iceland stretch the parental leave for a longer period than mothers in Sweden do, and in Iceland, there were variations in ECEC start depending on mothers' labor force participation before childbirth and marital status, but not in Sweden. Conclusion: The lack of preschool at the end of paid parental leave creates challenges for a certain group of parents in Iceland, a situation parents in Sweden do not have to face." The study refers to the period 2012-2018. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2024/1