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Causal effects of paternity on children and parents

Year: 2011

Type: report

Abstract: :\nIn this paper we use a parental leave reform directed towards fathers to identify the causal effects of\npaternity leave on children's and parents' outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes\nfathers to become more important for children's cognitive skills. School performance at age 16\nincreases for children whose father is relatively higher educated than the mother. We find no\nevidence that fathers' earnings and work hours are affected by paternity leave. Contrary to\nexpectation, mothers' labor market outcomes are adversely affected by paternity leave. Our findings\ndo therefore not suggest that paternity leave shifts the gender balance at home in a way that\nincreases mothers' time and/or effort spent at market work.\nKeywords: parental leave, labor supply, child development.

Source: NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives

Authors: Sara Cools, Jon H. Fiva, Lars Johannessen Kirkebøen

Language: English

Topic: Work-Family Balance Challenges

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2467101200

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