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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

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Childcare and the division of parental leave

Norén, Anna - 2015

parental leave through the availability of childcare for older siblings affects how the leave is divided. The effect of access … to childcare is evaluated by utilizing the regional heterogeneity of the implementation of a childcare reform in Sweden … in 2002 that gave children of parents on parental leave with a younger sibling the right to stay in childcare. Results …

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Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family? Evidence from OECD Member Countries

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Scharler, Johann - 2013

We study the effect of the size of the welfare state on family outcomes in OECD member countries. Exploiting exogenous variation in public social spending, due to varying degrees of political fractionalization (i.e. the number of relevant parties involved in the legislative process), we show...

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Brothers increase women's gender conformity

Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2021

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender conformity. Using Danish administrative data, I causally estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. I show that women with a brother...

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Mothers' birth giving status and the division of parental leave: A comparison of adoptive and biological parents

Moberg, Ylva; Van der Vleuten, Maaike - 2022

assess to what extend the unequal division of childcare responsibilities can be explained by the physiological aspects of …

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Womb at work: The missing impact of maternal employment on newborn health

Chuard, Caroline - 2018

Parental leave policies across the globe have become much more generous than they used to be. This is also true for prenatal maternal leave. While this may be costly in the short run, little is known about the effect of maternal employment during pregnancy on newborn health. In this paper, I...

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The duration of paid parental leave and cildren's scholastic performance

Liu, Qian; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009

We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate the effects of prolonged parental leave on children's...

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Is our fiscal system discouraging marriage? A new look at the marriage tax

Ilin, Elias; Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Pitts, M. Melinda - 2022

We develop, apply, and test a new measure of the marriage tax: the reduction in future spending from getting married. Our measure is a comprehensive, actuarial (expected) present value. It incorporates all major and most minor US tax and benefit programs, weighing the present value of additional...

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Does access to free pre-kindergarten increase maternal labor supply?

Ilin, Elias; Shampine, Samantha; Terry, Ellyn - 2022

In this paper, we evaluate the effects of free pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs on the labor force participation (LFP) of mothers. We use variation in pre-K rules across all US states, including income eligibility requirements in some states. To estimate the causal effects of access to pre-K on...

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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 individual-level administrative data, covering the entire population. We also use unique data obtained from court records to analyze the effect on post-divorce outcomes. Our estimates...

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