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Parental Leave, Household Specialization and Children's Well-Being

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Many countries offer new parents long periods of paid leave. Proponents argue that parental leave programs can reduce gender gaps in the labor market, support marital stability and promote children's well-being. In this paper, I show that lengthy leaves can instead work against several of these intended goals. Using a regression discontinuity design, I find that a 3-year expansion of paid leave in France increases household specialization by inducing mothers to exit the labor force and fathers to raise their work hours. The leave further discourages marriages among cohabiting couples and harms children's verbal development.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12420

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Thema
parental leave
household specialization
marriage
child development

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Canaan, Serena
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2019

Handle
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  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Canaan, Serena
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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