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Can reduced child support make joint custody bad for children? : the role of economic incentives in U.S. divorce law on child outcomes
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Roff, Jennifer; Sun, Hugette - 2018
This paper examines the effect of economic incentives generated by U.S. divorce and custody law on a range of child health and human capital measures. State laws vary widely in the treatment of child support under joint custody. While some states require no child support in joint custody cases,...
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Does paid family leave save infant lives? : evidence from United States
Chen, Feng - 2021
One goal of the paid family leave (PFL) is to help working mothers balance their careers and family responsibilities and hence improve the well-being of their infants. However, most studies of PFL on early childhood outcomes have been based on the analyses of surviving infants. If PFL reduces...
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Maternity and family leave policy
Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2017
rates several years after childbirth; longer leaves can negatively influence women's earnings, employment, and career …
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The impacts of paid family leave benefits : regression kink evidence from California administrative data
Bana, Sarah; Bedard, Kelly; Rossin-Slater, Maya - 2018
first state-level paid family leave program for women with earnings near the maximum benefit threshold. We find no evidence …
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The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Families with Health Shocks
Coile, Courtney; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Su, Amanda - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper analyzes the impact of paid family leave (PFL) policies in California, New Jersey, and New York on the labor market and mental health outcomes of individuals whose spouses or children experience health shocks. We use data from the 1996-2019 restricted-use version of the Medical...
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Fathers' leave, fathers' involvement and child development : are they related? ; evidence from four OECD countries
Huerta, Maria del Carmen; Adema, Willem; Baxter, Jennifer; … - 2013
Previous research has shown that fathers taking some time off work around childbirth, especially periods of leave of 2 or more weeks, are more likely to be involved in childcare related activities than fathers who do not do so. Furthermore, evidence suggests that children with fathers who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767952
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Fathers' Leave, Fathers' Involvement and Child Development: Are They Related? Evidence from Four OECD Countries
Huerta, Maria del Carmen; Adema, Willem; Baxter, Jennifer; … - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2013
Previous research has shown that fathers taking some time off work around childbirth, especially periods of leave of 2 or more weeks, are more likely to be involved in childcare related activities than fathers who do not do so. Furthermore, evidence suggests that children with fathers who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277045
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Parental leave reform and long-run earnings of mothers
Frodermann, Corinna; Wrohlich, Katharina; Zucco, Aline - 2020
leave policies. We analyze the impact of a major parental leave reform on mothers' long-term earnings. The 2007 German … parental leave reform replaced a means-tested benefit with a more generous earnings related benefit that is granted for a … policy on long-run earnings of mothers, we use a difference-in-difference approach that compares labor market outcomes of …
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The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Leave : Exploiting Forty Years of U.S. Policy Variation
Flores, Andrea M.; Gayle, George-Levi; Hincapié, Andrés - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the effects of job-protected leave policies on intergenerational mobility, long-run child outcomes, and parental decisions (labor market, investments in children, and fertility). We merge rich sources of historical information on family leave policies across the United States since 1973...
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Public policies and women's employment after childbearing
Han, Wen-jui; Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2009
This paper examines how the public policy environment in the United States affects work by new mothers following childbirth. We examine four types of policies that vary across states and affect the budget constraint in different ways. The policy environment has important effects, particularly...
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