In Spain, there are smart people who “took advantage” of their paternity leave to be able to watch the 2022 Football World Cup. This is what a study published this Thursday, October 3 and carried out by three economists, estimates. reports Le Figaro.
So, “a daily surplus of more than 1,000 men on paternity leave”was observed during the World Cup, which took place from November 20 to December 18, 2022 in Qatar. To obtain these figures, the Barcelona School of Economics relied on data from Spanish social security.
“Activities that are not related to childcare”
During this same period, the number of maternity leaves did not increase. “We interpret these results as direct evidence that fathers (at least some of them) took advantage of their leave periods for activities that are not related to childcare”concludes this report called “Fathers’ time use during paternity leave: childcare or leisure? ».
