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Impact of a Reform Towards Shared Parental Leave on Continued Fertility in Norway and Sweden

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Duvander, Ann-Zofie, Lappegard, Trude, Johansson, Mats·2020·Population Research and Policy Review
DOI 10.1007/s11113-020-09574-y
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It has been argued that a generous family policy aimed at a gender-equal division of childcare and economic responsibility will have a positive impact on childbearing. In this study, we investigate whether fathers’ parental leave use is related to continued childbearing and whether there has been a policy effect on fertility behavior due to the introduction of the father’s quota in Norway and Sweden. Fathers’ parental leave use may affect fertility by easing women’s work burden at home and thus enhancing the degree of compatibility between childrearing and female employment, and it may increase fathers’ interest in children and childcare. To distinguish causality from selection in the effects observed, we use the natural experiment of the introduction of the father’s quotas. The results indicate that the reforms did not influence fertility in Norway but that Swedish couples with a lower income had a temporary higher third-birth risk. Fathers in this group showed the greatest increase in leave use after the reform.

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Authors
Duvander, A.-Z., Lappegard, T., & Johansson, M.
Affiliations
  • Stockholm University (SE)
  • Ministry of Finance (SE)
Corresponding author
Duvander, Ann-Zofie
ORCID
Duvander, Ann-Zofie
Venue
Population Research and Policy Review
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2020-02-19
Volume
39
Issue
6
Pages
1205-1229
ISSN
  • 0167-5923 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-7829
DOI
10.1007/s11113-020-09574-y
OpenAlex
W3007827533
Cited by
38
References
46
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5
FWCI
5.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • Population Research and Policy Review (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Norwegian Research Council (217915/F10)
  • European Union's Seventh Frame Work Programme (FP7 2007/2013)
  • Swedish Research Council (349-2007-8701)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Keywords
shared parental leave, fertility, family policy, gender equality in childcare, childbearing, work-family compatibility, natural experiment, Norway, Sweden

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