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DDI study level documentation for study 10.7802/2974 GDPatL - Global Dataset on Paternity Leave GDPatL - Global Dataset on Paternity Leave GDPatL - Global Dataset on Paternity Leave 10.7802/297410.7802/297410.7802/297410.7802/2974 Gurín, Martin Gurín, Martin [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft] GESIS Data Archive for the Social SciencesGESIS Datenarchiv für Sozialwissenschaften comparative policy analysishistorical datasetparenting leavepaternity leavesocial protectionFamilienpolitikWohlfahrtsstaatinternationaler VergleichSozialpolitikcomparative policy analysishistorical datasetparenting leavepaternity leavesocial protectionFamilienpolitikWohlfahrtsstaatinternationaler VergleichSozialpolitik The Global Dataset on Paternity Leave (GDPatL) constitutes the first comprehensive and systematically compiled global dataset on paternity leave. It provides harmonised cross-national information on paid and unpaid paternity leave entitlements across 174 independent nation-states. Among these, 129 countries have introduced paternity leave. The dataset spans the period 1880–2021, with the first recorded introduction of paternity leave in national legislation occurring in 1946. Developed within the Global Welfare State Information System (WeSIS), the GDPatL provides historically grounded and analytically precise data on the design of paternity leave schemes, including policy existence, duration, benefit generosity (such as wage-replacement rates and the application of benefit ceilings), eligibility criteria covering diverse worker groups (including the self-employed, adoptive parents and same-sex partners), and underlying financing arrangements. The dataset is expressly constructed to facilitate rigorous comparative and longitudinal analyses of how paternity protection has evolved in response to shifting gender norms, changing family structures and labour-market transformations. Each observation corresponds to a country-year and includes both standardized and original-format variables. A consistent coding system for missing or inapplicable values ensures analytical transparency. As a unique longitudinal resource, the GDPatL enables scholars to investigate the emergence, diffusion and institutionalisation of paternity leave worldwide, thereby enriching the empirical foundations of research on fatherhood, care regimes and the pursuit of gender-equal social protection.The Global Dataset on Paternity Leave (GDPatL) constitutes the first comprehensive and systematically compiled global dataset on paternity leave. It provides harmonised cross-national information on paid and unpaid paternity leave entitlements across 174 independent nation-states. Among these, 129 countries have introduced paternity leave. The dataset spans the period 1880–2021, with the first recorded introduction of paternity leave in national legislation occurring in 1946. Developed within the Global Welfare State Information System (WeSIS), the GDPatL provides historically grounded and analytically precise data on the design of paternity leave schemes, including policy existence, duration, benefit generosity (such as wage-replacement rates and the application of benefit ceilings), eligibility criteria covering diverse worker groups (including the self-employed, adoptive parents and same-sex partners), and underlying financing arrangements. The dataset is expressly constructed to facilitate rigorous comparative and longitudinal analyses of how paternity protection has evolved in response to shifting gender norms, changing family structures and labour-market transformations. Each observation corresponds to a country-year and includes both standardized and original-format variables. A consistent coding system for missing or inapplicable values ensures analytical transparency. As a unique longitudinal resource, the GDPatL enables scholars to investigate the emergence, diffusion and institutionalisation of paternity leave worldwide, thereby enriching the empirical foundations of research on fatherhood, care regimes and the pursuit of gender-equal social protection. Time seriesTimeSeriesZeitreihenTimeSeries VollerhebungVollerhebung Compilation/SynthesisCompilationSynthesisKompilation/SyntheseCompilationSynthesis Free access (without registration) - The research data can be downloaded directly by anyone without further limitations.Freier Zugang (ohne Registrierung) - Die Forschungsdaten können von jedem direkt heruntergeladen werden. http://dbkapps.gesis.org/dbkoai/oai.asp oai:dbk.gesis.org:SDN/10.7802_2974 2026-05-21 ddi:codebook:2_5