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• Fathers’ Leave Take-Up in Finland : Motivations and Barriers in a Complex Nordic Leave Scheme 

  Eerola, Petteri; Lammi-Taskula, Johanna; O’Brien, Margaret; Hietamäki, Johanna; Räikkönen, Eija (Sage Publications, Inc., 2019)

  Despite being the first country in the world to introduce paternity leave in 1978, Finland’s current national leave scheme is complex with regard to incentivizing fathers’ take-up. Taking the unique Finnish leave scheme ...

• Can fathers' leave take-up dismantle gendered parental responsibilities? Evidence from Finland 

  Eerola, Petteri; Närvi, Johanna; Lammi-Taskula, Johanna (Universitatsbibliothek Bamberg, 2022)

  Objective: This article reports on the associations of fathers' leave take-up with parents' care responsibilities when their child is around four years old. Background: In families with small children women continue to ...

• Metanarrative of the "New Father" and Narratives of Young Finnish First-Time Fathers 

  Eerola, Petteri; Huttunen, Jouko (Men's Studies Press, 2011)

  The metanarrative of the "new father" has become well-established in both the public and academic discourses on families. This study analyzes the narratives and storylines about fatherhood told by young Finnish first-time ...

• Paternal masculinities in early fatherhood: dominant and counter narratives by Finnish first-time fathers 

  Eerola, Petteri; Mykkänen, Johanna (SAGE Publications, Inc.; National Council on Family Relations, 2015)

  In this article, we seek to extend understanding of the role of gender in early fatherhood by examining narratives of paternal masculinities, that is, the social and cultural constructions of gendered practices and conventions ...

• Responsible fatherhood : a narrative approach 

  Eerola, Petteri (University of Jyväskylä, 2015)