Albrecht, James W.; Edin, Per-Anders; Fernández, Raquel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The distribution of parental leave uptake and childcare activities continues to conform to traditional gender roles. In … 2002, with the goal of increasing gender equality, Sweden added a second "daddy month," i.e., an additional month of pay … after the reform by gender and household type (the parents' education). We find that changed incentives and, especially …