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Earmarked Paternity Leave And The Relative Income Within Couples

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  • Jeppe Druedahl

    (CEBI, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen)

  • Mette Ejrn�s

    (CEBI, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen)

  • Thomas H. J�rgensen

    (CEBI, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen)

Abstract

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.

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  • Jeppe Druedahl & Mette Ejrn�s & Thomas H. J�rgensen, 2019. "Earmarked Paternity Leave And The Relative Income Within Couples," CEBI working paper series 19-02, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI).
    • Handle: RePEc:kud:kucebi:1902
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    Keywords

    Income Share; Parental Leave; Earmarked Leave; Household Bargaining;
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • H31 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - Household
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J78 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Public Policy (including comparable worth)

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