Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
We study the causal effects of changes in parental leave provisions on fertility and return-to-work behavior. We … exploit a policy change that took place in 1990 in Austria which extended the maximum duration of parental leave from the … child’s first to the child’s second birthday. As parental leave benefits can be automatically renewed when a new mother is …