TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Tanaka, Mari
AU  - Okudaira, Hiroko
AU  - Sakka, Mariko
AU  - Yamaguchi, Shintaro
        TI  - Moving Fathers: Workplace Interventions for Paternal Involvement in Childcare
        PY  - 2026/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18913
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18913
        AB  - We test whether employers can shift household allocation by targeting men as fathers. Among 1,225 male employees in four Japanese organizations, we randomized a two-hour work-life balance training and an information treatment correcting misperceptions of colleagues' support. Training increased fathers' weekend childcare by about one hour per day in young-child households and raised spouses' reported paid work; spouses' housework also fell. Training strengthened beliefs that paternity leave benefits workplace functioning but not leave intentions. Information modestly shifted perceived support but affected neither intentions nor information-seeking. Employer training can affect household allocation without changing formal rights or work arrangements.
        KW  - workplace intervention
KW  - paternity leave
KW  - household time allocation
KW  - second-order beliefs
KW  - field experiment
        ER  -