Parental leave regulations in most OECD countries have two key policy instruments: job protection and cash benefits … benefits lead to a significant delay in return to work and that the magnitude of this effect depends on the relative length of … job protection and cash benefits. However, despite their impact on time on leave, we do not find a significant effect on …

policy parameters: (i) DI eligibility rules and (ii) DI benefits. Causal evidence from two DI reforms in Austria generate … lower DI benefits. Stricter DI eligibility rules generate lower income losses (earnings + transfers), particularly at the … eligibility rules rather than lower DI benefits. An application of our framework to the DI system of the U.S. suggests that DI …

policy parameters: (i) DI eligibility rules and (ii) DI benefits. Causal evidence from two DI reforms in Austria generate … lower DI benefits. Stricter DI eligibility rules generate lower income losses (earnings + transfers), particularly at the … eligibility rules rather than lower DI benefits. An application of our framework to the DI system of the U.S. suggests that DI …