Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars J. - 2011
In this paper we use a parental leave reform directed towards fathers to identify the causal effects of paternity leave … on children's and parents' outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to become more important for … than the mother. We find no evidence that fathers' earnings and work hours are affected by paternity leave. Contrary to …