Modern family? Paternity leave and marital stability

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We study the effects of unanticipated changes to the intra-household division of parental leave on family stability exploiting two parental leave reforms in Sweden. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design, we find that a decrease in the mother's share of parental leave increases the probability of separation among couples that were married or cohabiting at the time of the reforms. Our results also suggest a lower likelihood of cohabiting couples to upgrade to marriage. Examination of reform compliers reveal that the increased separation risk is mainly driven by more traditional couples, and among couples with previous children.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2016:23

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models: Single Variables: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Subject: marital stability ; parental leave ; intra-household division ; regression discontinuity

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Avdic, Daniel ; Karimi, Arizo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU)
• (where): Uppsala
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/166024
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET