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The Economic Consequences of Family Policies : Lessons from a Century of Legislation in High-Income Countries
Olivetti, Claudia - 2017
at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …
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Can Financial Incentives Reduce the Baby Gap? Evidence from a Reform in Maternity Leave Benefits
Raute, Anna - 2017
To assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby gap between high … fertility up to 5 years post reform. In addition to demonstrating an up to 22% increase in the fertility of tertiary educated … versus low educated women, I find a positive, statistically significant effect of increased benefits on fertility, driven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453918
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Gender in the Labor Market : The Role of Equal Opportunity and Family-Friendly Policies
Doran, Elizabeth L. - 2018
Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women's career trajectories diverge from men's after the birth of children, suggesting a potential role for family-friendly policies. We provide new evidence on employer provision of these policies. Using the American Time Use Survey, we...
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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation
Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on … find that the policies exacerbated the motherhood penalty in labor market outcomes and that they affected fertility choices …
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Child Penalties Across Countries : Evidence and Explanations
Kleven, Henrik - 2019
This paper provides evidence on child penalties in female and male earnings in different countries. The estimates are based on event studies around the birth of the first child, using the specification proposed by Kleven et al. (2018). The analysis reveals some striking similarities in the...
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Families, Labor Markets, and Policy
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
earnings, marriage delay and the accompanying decline in fertility, and the large remaining gaps in labor market outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462733
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The Effects of Paid Family Leave in California on Labor Market Outcomes
Baum, Charles L. - 2013
Using data from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY-97), we examine the effects of California's first in the nation government-mandated paid family leave program (CA-PFL) on mothers' and fathers' use of leave during the period surrounding child birth, and on the...
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Maternity and Family Leave Policy
Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2017
Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world, the existing research yields the following general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455611
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Family Leave after Childbirth and the Health of New Mothers
Chatterji, Pinka - 2008
In the United States, almost a third of new mothers who worked during pregnancy return to work within three months of childbirth. Current public policies in the U.S. do not support long periods of family leave after childbirth, although some states are starting to change this. As such, it is...
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Parental Leave Policies in Europe and North America
Ruhm, Christopher J. - 1995
Despite widespread international implementation, limited information is currently available on the economic impact of mandated family leave policies. This paper increases our understanding of the nature and effects of parental leave entitlements in several ways. First, we provide a brief history...
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