these policies affect fathers' labour market outcomes. Using European panel data (EU-SILC) from 2003 to 2009 and multi …-level models, this study analyses the effect of family policies on fathers' working hours. The results indicate that fathers work … less than childless men if they live in countries that offer well paid, non-transferable parental leave for fathers, short …

Fathers in the Nordic countries were among the first in the world to gain the right to paid parental leave. The overall … uptake has however been low, despite various attempts to increase it. This paper compares characteristics of fathers in four …

We study how fathers' time impacts children's human capital using the introduction of earmarked paternity leave in … point averages of sons of non-college fathers by 0.07 standard deviations and increased intergenerational persistence of …

employee, as well as monetary costs facing the employer. Further, the quality of response of both peers and fathers is … implies that peers (and fathers) responded to the reform, but there was no additional effect on fathers from their peers. I … extensive margin among Swedish fathers was relatively high before the reform. Secondly, the Swedish system allows for continuous …

Using Norwegian registry data we investigate how paternity leave affects fathers' long-term earnings. In 1993 Norway … in fathers' exposure to the paternity quota. Our analysis suggests that four weeks paternity leave during the child …'s first year decreases fathers' future earnings by 2.1 percent. Importantly, this effect persists up until our last point of …