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Does custody law affect family behavior in and out of marriage?
Böheim, René; Francesconi, Mario; Halla, Martin - 2012
We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …
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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013
involved in the legislative process), we show that an expansion in the welfare state increases the fertility, marriage, and … formation. Nevertheless, we also find that the welfare state decouples marriage and fertility, and therefore, alters the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294893
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The impact of abortion legalisation on birth outcomes in Uruguay
Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Ferre, Zuleika; Triunfo, … - 2016
This work evaluates the impact of an abortion reform in Uruguay allowing free interruption of pregnancy until 12 weeks of gestation on the quantity and quality of births in the short run. We employ a differences-in-differences approach, a comprehensive administrative register of births and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615046
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Can financial incentives reduce the baby gap? Evidence from a reform in maternity leave benefits
Raute, Anna - 2018
In this paper, I assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby … a differences-in-differences design, I estimate the causal impact of the reform on fertility for up to 5 years. In … addition to demonstrating an up to 23% increase in the fertility of tertiary-educated women, I find a positive, statistically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012144214
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The Effect of Joint Custody on Marriage and Divorce
Halla, Martin - 2009
Since the 1970s almost all states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different timing of reforms across states and the control group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294901
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The economic consequences of family policies: Lessons from a century of legislation in high-income countries
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2017
at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927978
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Does child spacing affect children's outcomes? Evidence from a Swedish reform
Pettersson-Lidbom, Per; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - 2009
In this paper, we provide evidence of whether child spacing affects the future success of children. As an exogenous source of variation in child spacing, we make use of the introduction of an administrative rule in the parental leave benefit system in Sweden. This rule made it possible for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273943
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Girls just want to have fun? Sexuality, pregnancy, and motherhood among Bolivian teenagers
Alfonso, Mariana - 2007
of the expected outcomes of teenage motherhood, regional fertility factors, and knowledge about and use of family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278249
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Paternity leave and child outcomes
Avdic, Daniel; Karimi, Arizo; Sjögren, Anna; Sundberg, Elin - 2023
We study how fathers' time impacts children's human capital using the introduction of earmarked paternity leave in Sweden. We use administrative data on parents' leave uptake and children's educational outcomes in a difference-in-discontinuities design, exploiting the plausibly random timing of...
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The impact of state paid leave laws on firms and establishments: Evidence from the first three states
Butcher, Kristin F.; Civril, Deniz; Pekkala Kerr, Sari - 2024
We use the Longitudinal Business Database to examine the impact of state-level paid parental leave laws in California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island on firms. Our main estimation strategy uses multi-unit firms and compares within-firm changes in outcomes for establishments in treated and...
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