What’s biology got to do with it? Parental leave use among adoptive and biological parents • Ann-Zofie Duvander, Stockholm University ; Ida Viklund, Stockholm University

Policy change and fathers’ usage of parental leave in Germany – an analysis of the years 1999-2009 • Esther Geisler, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Michaela Kreyenfeld, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

The economic impact of taking short parental leave: evaluation of a French reform • Olivier Joseph, CEREQ ; Ariane Pailhé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Isabelle Recotillet, CEREQ ; Anne Solaz, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Mothers’ labour market transitions in Spain: the role of part-time parental leave • Irene Lapuerta, Universidad Pública de Navarra

Fathers on parental leave: what happened since the recent reforms in German family policy? • Heike Trappe, University of Rostock