Arbeitspapier
Parental Leave Policies and Socio-Economic Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from a Substantial Benefit Reform Using Administrative Data
This paper examines the effects of substantial changes in paid parental leave on child development and socio-economic development gaps. We exploit a German reform from 2007 that both expanded paid leave in the first year and removed paid leave in the second year following childbirth. Higher-income households benefited relatively more from the reform than low-income households. We use administrative data from mandatory school entrance examinations containing detailed child development assessments at age six within a difference-in-differences approach. Our precise and robust estimates reveal no effects of the changes in parental leave benefits on child development across various socio-economic groups, and consequently no effects on socio-economic development gaps.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11794
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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parental leave benefit
child development
school readiness
motor skills
language skills
socio-emotional stability
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Huebener, Mathias
Kühnle, Daniel
Spieß, C. Katharina
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2018
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Huebener, Mathias
- Kühnle, Daniel
- Spieß, C. Katharina
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2018