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"price" of a social program for a subset of individuals. Fathers of children born after April 1, 1993 in Norway were eligible … for one month of governmental paid paternity leave, while fathers of children born before this cutoff were not. There is a … sharp increase in fathers taking paternity leave immediately after the reform, with take up rising from 3% to 35%. While …
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When trading, firms choose between different payment contracts. As shown theoretically in Schmidt-Eisenlohr (forthcoming), this allows firms in international trade to optimally trade-off differences in financing costs and enforcement across countries. This paper provides evidence from a large...
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"price" of a social program for a subset of individuals. Fathers of children born after April 1, 1993 in Norway were eligible … for one month of governmental paid paternity leave, while fathers of children born before this cutoff were not. There is a … sharp increase in fathers taking paternity leave immediately after the reform, with take up rising from 3% to 35%. While …
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The influence of peers could play an important role in the take up of social programs. However, estimating peer effects has proven challenging given the problems of reflection, correlated unobservables, and endogenous group membership. We overcome these identification issues in the context of...
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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 …
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Norwegian parental leave father's quota from 6 to 10 weeks as a source of exogenous variation in fathers' leave uptake. We … fathers by about three weeks and reduced the amount of leave taken by mothers. Neither union stability, fertility nor his or …
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women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in … parental leave schemes. In this paper, we analyze whether the introduction of the fathers' quota in Germany in 2007, that … caused a sharp increase in the take-up of parental leave by fathers, has changed the attitudes towards gender roles in the …
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Does providing nontransferable months of parental leave earmarked to fathers, as mandated by the European Union to its … of a 2015 French reform that earmarked up to 12 months of paid leave for fathers while simultaneously reducing the …-time, which can be more attractive for fathers. Using administrative data and comparing parents of children born before and after …
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The aim of this study is the identification of socio-economic and workplacerelated determinants of the fathers' use of … a strong paradigm shift in German family policy and led to a strong increase in the share of leaves taken by fathers …
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The study at hand pursues the following question: How are national parental leave arrangements related to fathers … from 1971 to 2005. Applying a selection model, we are estimating fathers' participation in childcare and the minutes per … the father and any benefit compared to no benefit have a positive impact on fathers' childcare participation. Parental …
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