Who flies the kite? Argentinean parental leave design: care penalties for the included and the excluded families

This research paper analyses the care penalties embedded in the current Argentinean parental leave design. It summarises and structures the main feminist economics theory and findings of the influence of parental leave design on domestic distribution of unpaid care work, labour participation, and fiscal resources allocation and tests its validity on the Argentinean case. For this purpose, it uses national surveys data and a self-made online survey among LGBTQI families. Findings hope to contribute to the existing local debate to reform the scheme.