The Impact of Paternity Leave on Fathers’ Future Earnings

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10967795
AutoresMari Rege (0000-0002-9574-5851, University of Stavanger, Stavanger 4036, Norway, autor correspondente), Ingeborg Foldøy Solli (0000-0002-9016-9920, University of Stavanger)
Ano2013
Volume50
Fascículo6
Páginas2255-2277
Data de publicação2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDemography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0070-3370 • E-ISSN: 1533-7790
EditoraDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1007/s13524-013-0233-1
PMID24135861
OpenAlexW2080096134
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas66
Referências citadas25

Using Norwegian registry data, we investigate the effect of paternity leave on fathers’ long-term earnings. If the paternity leave increased long-term father involvement, then we should expect a reduction in fathers’ long-term earnings as they shift time and effort from market to home production. For identification, we use the Norwegian introduction of a paternity-leave quota in 1993, reserving four weeks of the total of 42 weeks of paid parental leave exclusively for the father. The introduction of the paternity-leave quota led to a sharp increase in rates of leave-taking for fathers. We estimate a difference-in-differences model that exploits differences in fathers’ exposure to the paternity-leave quota by the child’s age and year of observation. Our analysis suggests that four weeks of paternity leave during the child’s first year decreases fathers’ future earnings, an effect that persists through our last point of observation, when the child is 5 years old. A battery of robustness tests supports our results

Demographic economics · Earnings · Econometrics · Economics · Maternity leave · National Longitudinal Surveys · Norwegian · Panel data · Parental leave · Sociology · Work (physics · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Work-Family Balance Challenges