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Intra-household allocation of parental leave

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  • Paula E. Gobbi
  • Juliane Parys
  • Gregor Schwerhoff

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We introduce childcare sharing in a collective model of household behaviour to investigate which factors make spouses increase or decrease their share of parental leave. The concern about future consumption motivates parents to invest in their human capital and to limit their leave duration. Using relative income and the age difference between spouses as distribution factors, we cannot reject Pareto efficiency in childcare sharing. Higher relative incomes and larger age differences shift the conditional leave allocation towards the relatively poorer and younger partner, respectively. Households with higher total income purchase more professional childcare.

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  • Paula E. Gobbi & Juliane Parys & Gregor Schwerhoff, 2018. "Intra-household allocation of parental leave," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 51(1), pages 236-274, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cje:issued:v:51:y:2018:i:1:p:236-274
    DOI: 10.1111/caje.12322
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    1. Hélène Périvier & Gregory Verdugo, 2021. "Can parental leave be shared?," Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) hal-03364048, HAL.
    2. Fortin, Bernard & Ragued, Safa, 2017. "Does temporary interruption in postsecondary education induce a wage penalty? Evidence from Canada," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 108-122.
    3. Thomas Høgholm Jørgensen & Jakob Egholt Søgaard, 2021. "Welfare Reforms and the Division of Parental Leave," CESifo Working Paper Series 9035, CESifo.
    4. Marcin Hitczenko, 2024. "Division of Financial Responsibility within Mixed-Gender Couples," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 45(4), pages 819-835, December.
    5. Hosny Zoabi & Libertad González, 2021. "Does Paternity Leave Promote Gender Equality within Households?," Working Papers 1302, Barcelona School of Economics.

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    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation

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