inequalities in the labor market. This paper investigates the determinants of the unequal division of parental leave, specifically … division of parental leave of biological parents (where the mother gave birth) to adoptive parents (where she did not), to …

allocation of time between child rearing and the labor market. They can choose the non-cooperative outside option or cooperate by … more home production. As a result, the cost of raising children increases and fertility declines. Assuming a loss of … utility from children in the case of divorce, lower fertility increases the probability of divorce. Using Spanish data and RDD …

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 …

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

first or second birth, respectively, we applied OLS regression models with lagged dependent variables in combination with … first births but not after second birth transitions. The relationship with the leave duration was less clear. In terms of …

the skill use index captures the side effect of parental- leave policies on females that conventional labor …

Despite changing gender norms, few fathers decide to take parental leave after the birth of a child, and when they do …

accompanied by an employment increase of similar magnitude. To understand the absence of labor supply effects, we examine data on … more flexible leave system had a minimal effect on the labor market choices of mothers, as the majority continue to …

changes in their labor force behavior. In the first part of the article, I analyze the latest data and conclude that the … gender pay gap reflects both women's actual labor market behavior, which still differs from men's, and employers' exaggerated …