TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cygan-Rehm, Kamila
AU  - Kühnle, Daniel
AU  - Riphahn, Regina T.
        TI  - Paid Parental Leave and Families' Living Arrangements
        PY  - 2018/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11533
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11533
        AB  - We examine how a paid parental leave reform causally affected families' living arrangements. The German reform we examine replaced a means-tested benefit with a universal transfer paid out for a shorter period. Combining a regression discontinuity with a difference-in-differences design, we find that the reform increased the probability that a newborn lives with non-married cohabiting parents. This effect results from a reduced risk of single parenthood among women who gained from the reform. We reject the economic independence hypothesis and argue that the reform effects for those who benefited from the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and increased paternal involvement in childcare.
        KW  - single motherhood
KW  - cohabitation
KW  - marriage
KW  - living arrangements
KW  - parental leave
KW  - child well-being
KW  - early childhood
        ER  -