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Causal Effects of Paternity Leave on Children and Parents

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Cools, Sara, Fiva, Jon H., Kirkebøen, Lars J.·2015·The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
DOI 10.1111/sjoe.12113
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Reserving a share of the parental leave period for fathers is considered necessary in order to induce fathers to take leave, and to increase men's participation in child‐rearing. We investigate how a parental leave reform directed towards fathers affected leave‐taking, and, in turn, children's and parents' long‐term outcomes. A paternal leave quota greatly increases the share of men taking paternity leave. We find evidence that children's school performance improves as a result, particularly in families where the father has higher education than the mother. We find no evidence that paternity leave counters the traditional allocation of parents' labor supply.

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Authors
Cools, S., Fiva, J. H., & Kirkebøen, L. J.
Affiliations
  • BI Norwegian Business School (NO)
  • Statistics Norway (NO)
Corresponding author
  • Cools, Sara
  • Fiva, Jon H.
  • Kirkebøen, Lars J.
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Venue
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-05-04
Volume
117
Issue
3
Pages
801-828
ISSN
  • 0347-0520 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9442
DOI
10.1111/sjoe.12113
OpenAlex
W1944127798
Cited by
255
References
5
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FWCI
51.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Scandinavian Journal of Economics (publishedVersion)
  • BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)) (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Universitetet i Oslo
  • Norges Forskningsråd (179552)
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
paternity leave, parental leave reform, gender division of labor, paternal education, child outcomes

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