Arbeitspapier

Paid Parental Leave and Families' Living Arrangements

We examine how a paid parental leave reform causally affected families' living arrangements. The German reform we examine replaced a means-tested benefit with a universal transfer paid out for a shorter period. Combining a regression discontinuity with a difference-in-differences design, we find that the reform increased the probability that a newborn lives with non-married cohabiting parents. This effect results from a reduced risk of single parenthood among women who gained from the reform. We reject the economic independence hypothesis and argue that the reform effects for those who benefited from the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and increased paternal involvement in childcare.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11533

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General
Thema
parental leave
living arrangements
marriage
cohabitation
single motherhood
child well-being
early childhood

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila
Kühnle, Daniel
Riphahn, Regina T.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cygan-Rehm, Kamila
  • Kühnle, Daniel
  • Riphahn, Regina T.
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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