This paper studies the effects of a father quota in the parental leave period on households' labor market and fertility … leave delayed higher-order births and reduced subsequent fertility among older women (by about 15%). These results suggest a … limited scope for the father quota to alter household behaviors beyond the parental leave period and reduce gender inequality …

fertility. Following a regression discontinuity design and using rich administrative data, we show that parents who were (just … subsequent fertility. First, fathers' increasing involvement in childcare led to higher labor force attachment among mothers …. This may have raised the opportunity cost of an additional child. We also find that men reported lower desired fertility …

encouraged childbearing, suggesting that CPFL had little effect on the gender pay gap or child penalty. For first-time mothers …

development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …

across gender only diverges after first-time childbirth. This "other child penalty" can be reduced with the provision of …

Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state … generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a short-term fertility effect of about 4%, which is consistent with … recent quasi-experimental evidence. The fertility effect is strongest for first births and increases with income. We use the …