Earmarked Paternity Leave and the Relative Income Within Couples
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Earmarked Paternity Leave and the Relative Income Within Couples. / Druedahl, Jeppe; Ejrnæs, Mette; Jørgensen, Thomas.
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T1 - Earmarked Paternity Leave and the Relative Income Within Couples
AU - Druedahl, Jeppe
AU - Ejrnæs, Mette
AU - Jørgensen, Thomas
PY - 2019/5/8
Y1 - 2019/5/8
N2 - We study the causal link between earmarked paternity leave policies and the relative income share of women within couples. We utilize high quality administrative longitudinal register data for the universe of Danish individuals with a reform in 1998, which increased the earmarked paternity leave of fathers from two to four weeks. We estimate that the reform increased the women’s intra-household share of labor income with around 1.2 percentage points in the years following childbirth. We estimate a significant increase up to seven years after childbirth. We furthermore find that the effect is primarily driven by women employed in the private sector.
AB - We study the causal link between earmarked paternity leave policies and the relative income share of women within couples. We utilize high quality administrative longitudinal register data for the universe of Danish individuals with a reform in 1998, which increased the earmarked paternity leave of fathers from two to four weeks. We estimate that the reform increased the women’s intra-household share of labor income with around 1.2 percentage points in the years following childbirth. We estimate a significant increase up to seven years after childbirth. We furthermore find that the effect is primarily driven by women employed in the private sector.
KW - Income Share
KW - Parental Leave
KW - Earmarked Leave
KW - Household Bargaining
U2 - 10.2139/ssrn.3370138
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.3370138
M3 - Working paper
T3 - CEBI Working Paper Series
BT - Earmarked Paternity Leave and the Relative Income Within Couples
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