If it's 3 years long? No. If your oldest kid is too old people often don't want to go back to having a baby. In what I've seen, families with lots of kids tend to have them fairly close together (2 - 3 years max). The moment your youngest turns 5 and things become easier, people stop wanting to go back to the baby phase (can't blame them).
Anyway, if we're talking about spacing 2 - 3 years apart, that means you're not working at all. At some point people will want to go back to work, and that may mean not having another kid.
I think flexible policies are great, but the long leaves I don't think are super useful. Kids are not some abnormal condition; they need to be integrated into a full life.
This is just my pet theory. I think places with overly long leaves (especially overly long paternity leaves) actually discourage men from wanting more children (And of course it takes two to tango here).
Anyway, if we're talking about spacing 2 - 3 years apart, that means you're not working at all. At some point people will want to go back to work, and that may mean not having another kid.
I think flexible policies are great, but the long leaves I don't think are super useful. Kids are not some abnormal condition; they need to be integrated into a full life.
This is just my pet theory. I think places with overly long leaves (especially overly long paternity leaves) actually discourage men from wanting more children (And of course it takes two to tango here).