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56 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17603
Motherhood on Campus: Timing Childbirth during University Studies
Nicoline Josephine Bach, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen, Nina Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17601
When Mothers Out-Earn Fathers: Effects on Fathers' Decisions to Take Paternity and Parental Leave
Paola Biasi, Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17451
Parental Leave and Discrimination in the Labor Market
Julia Schmieder, Doris Weichselbaumer, Clara Welteke, Katharina Wrohlich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17422
Caring Dads? Universal Childcare, Paternity Leave and Fathers' Involvement
Mathias Huebener, Malin K. Mahlbacher, Sophia Schmitz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17210
Parental Leave: Economic Incentives and Cultural Change
James Albrecht, Per-Anders Edin, Raquel Fernández, Jiwon Lee, Peter Skogman Thoursie, Susan Vroman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17109
Reducing the Child Penalty by Incentivizing Maternal Part-Time Work?
Laurenz Baertsch, Malte Sandner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17076
Fathers Taking Leave: Evaluating the Impact of Shared Parental Leave in the UK
Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Eleonora Fichera, Ezgi Kaya, Melanie K. Jones
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16843
Parental Leave, Worker Substitutability, and Firms' Employment
Mathias Huebener, Jonas Jessen, Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner
published online in: Economic Journal, 13 December 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16565
Understanding the Impacts of Paid Maternity Leave on Women's Labor Market Outcomes
Lillian Bates, Oliver Hall, Pamela Jakiela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16459
The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health: Evidence from Austria and Denmark
Alexander Ahammer, Ulrich Glogowsky, Martin Halla, Timo Hener
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16244
Where Are the Fathers? The Effects of Earmarking Parental Leave on Fathers in France
Hélène Périvier, Gregory Verdugo
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2024, 77 (1), 88-118
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16172
Does a Flexible Parental Leave System Stimulate Maternal Employment?
Lennart Ziegler, Omar Bamieh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15890
What Drives Paternity Leave: Financial Incentives or Flexibility?
Lennart Ziegler, Omar Bamieh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15421
Effects of Extending Paid Parental Leave on Children's Socio-Emotional Skills and Well-Being in Adolescence
Mikkel Aagaard Houmark, Cecilie Marie Løchte Jørgensen, Ida Lykke Kristiansen, Miriam Gensowski
publishled in: European Economic Review, 2024, 170, 104880
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15177
Measurements of Skill and Skill-Use Using PIAAC
Daiji Kawaguchi, Takahiro Toriyabe
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 78, 102197.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15129
Maternity Leave and Paternity Leave: Evidence on the Economic Impact of Legislative Changes in High Income Countries
Serena Canaan, Anne Sophie Lassen, Philip Rosenbaum, Herdis Steingrimsdottir
published in: The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, 2022
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15113
Can Public Policy Increase Paternity Acknowledgment? Evidence from Earnings-Related Parental Leave
Anna Raute, Andrea Weber, Galina Zudenkova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14593
Mothers' Job Search after Childbirth
Lukáš Lafférs, Bernhard Schmidpeter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14478
A Firm-Side Perspective on Parental Leave
Mathias Huebener, Jonas Jessen, Daniel Kühnle, Michael Oberfichtner
published as "Parental Leave, Worker Substitutability, and Firms’ Employment" in The Economic Journal, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13833
Employer Responses to Family Leave Programs
Rita Ginja, Arizo Karimi, Pengpeng Xiao
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15 (1), 107-135
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13275
Do Generous Parental Leave Policies Help Top Female Earners?
Gozde Corekcioglu, Marco Francesconi, Astrid Kunze
published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2020, 36(4), 882-902
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13216
Gender-Specific Duration of Parental Leave and Current Earnings
Benedikt Gerst, Christian Grund
published in: Work, Employment & Society, 2023, 37, 215 - 235
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12935
Parental Leave Reform and Long-Run Earnings of Mothers
Corinna Frodermann, Katharina Wrohlich, Aline Zucco
revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2023, 80, 102296
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12857
International Labor Market Competition and Spousal Labor Supply Responses
Pal Schone, Marte Strom
published in: Labour Economics, 2021, 70, 101983
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12483
The Impact of Paid Family Leave on the Timing of Infant Vaccinations
Agnitra Roy Choudhury, Solomon Polachek
published in: Vaccine, 2021, 39 (21), 2886-2893
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12420
Parental Leave, Household Specialization and Children's Well-Being
Serena Canaan
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 75, 102127
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11873
Fathers' Parental Leave-Taking, Childcare Involvement and Mothers' Labor Market Participation
Marcus Tamm
revised version published as 'Fathers' parental leave-taking, childcare involvement and labor market participation' in: Labour Economics, 2019, 59, 184 - 197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11794
Parental Leave Policies and Socio-Economic Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from a Substantial Benefit Reform Using Administrative Data
Mathias Huebener, Daniel Kühnle, C. Katharina Spieß
published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, 101754
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11533
Paid Parental Leave and Families' Living Arrangements
Kamila Cygan-Rehm, Daniel Kühnle, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 53, 182 - 197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11383
Duration of Parental Leave and Women's Employment
Jungho Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11106
Parental Investments in Early Life and Child Outcomes: Evidence from Swedish Parental Leave Rules
Rita Ginja, Jenny Jans, Arizo Karimi
published as 'Parental Leave Benefits, Household Labor Supply, and Children's Long-Run Outcomes' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38 (1), 261-320.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10812
Parental Leave, (In)formal Childcare and Long-term Child Outcomes
Natalia Danzer, Martin Halla, Nicole Schneeweis, Martina Zweimüller
revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2022, 57 (6) 1826-1884;
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10712
Fathers, Parental Leave and Gender Norms
Ulrike Unterhofer, Katharina Wrohlich
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10505
The Economic Consequences of Family Policies: Lessons from a Century of Legislation in High-Income Countries
Claudia Olivetti, Barbara Petrongolo
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2016, 31, 205-230
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10502
Women's Career Choices, Social Norms and Child Care Policies
Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, Kerstin Roeder
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2018, 168, 162–173
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9801
The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Labour Supply and Employment Outcomes
Barbara Broadway, Guyonne Kalb, Duncan McVicar, Bill Martin
published in: Feminist Economics, 2020, 26( 3), 30-65.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9530
Paid Family Leave, Fathers' Leave-Taking, and Leave-Sharing in Dual-Earner Households
Ann P. Bartel, Maya Rossin-Slater, Christopher J. Ruhm, Jenna Stearns, Jane Waldfogel
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2018, 37 (1), 10-37
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9297
The Effectiveness of Policies that Promote Labor Force Participation of Women with Children: A Collection of National Studies
Elizabeth U. Cascio, Steven J. Haider, Helena Skyt Nielsen
published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 36, 64-71
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9073
Maternal Employment Effects of Paid Parental Leave
Annette Bergemann, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, 139 - 178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9073
Maternal Employment Effects of Paid Parental Leave
Annette Bergemann, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36, 139 - 178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8978
The Effect of Paid Parental Leave on Child Health in Australia
Barbara Broadway, Guyonne Kalb, Daniel Kühnle, Miriam Mäder
published as 'Paid Parental Leave and Child Health in Australia' in: Economic Record, 2017, 93 (301), 214-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8390
The Effects of Paid Family Leave in California on Labor Market Outcomes
Charles L. Baum, Christopher J. Ruhm
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2016, 35 (2), 333 - 356
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7626
Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental Leave Reform
Natalia Danzer, Victor Lavy
published as 'Paid Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes' in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (608), 81-117
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6240
The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes
Maya Rossin-Slater, Christopher J. Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013, 32 (2), 224-245
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6149
Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Care and Education
Christopher J. Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel
published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, Economics of Education, 2012, 23-51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6066
Work and Wage Dynamics around Childbirth
Mette Ejrnæs, Astrid Kunze
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2013, 115 (3), 856-877
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5792
Parental Leave and Mothers' Careers: The Relative Importance of Job Protection and Cash Benefits
Rafael Lalive, Analia Schlosser, Andreas Steinhauer, Josef Zweimüller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5752
The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany
Barbara Hanel, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2012, 232 (2), 146-176
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4500
Now Daddy's Changing Diapers and Mommy's Making Her Career: Evaluating a Generous Parental Leave Regulation Using a Natural Experiment
Jochen Kluve, Marcus Tamm
revised version published as 'Parental Leave Regulations, Mothers' Labor Force Attachment and Fathers' Childcare Involvement: Evidence from a Natural Experiment' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (3), 983-1005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4267
Causes and Consequences of a Father's Child Leave: Evidence from a Reform of Leave Schemes
Helena Skyt Nielsen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3303
Market Work and Motherhood Decisions in Contexts
Daniela Del Boca, Silvia Pasqua, Chiara D. Pronzato
published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61 (1), 147-171
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3244
Parental Leave Policies and Parents’ Employment and Leave-Taking
Han Wen-Jui, Christopher J. Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2009, 28(1), 29-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2699
Maternity Leave Legislation, Female Labor Supply, and the Family Wage Gap
Uta Schönberg, Johannes Ludsteck
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (3), 469-505
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2372
The Parental Leave Benefit Reform in Germany: Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving towards the Scandinavian Model
C. Katharina Spieß, Katharina Wrohlich
revised version published as 'Parental Leave Bene t Reform in Germany: Costs and Labour Market Outcomes of Moving towards the Nordic Model' in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2008, 27 (5), 575-591
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1613
Does Parental Leave Affect Fertility and Return-to-Work? Evidence from a "True Natural Experiment"
Rafael Lalive, Josef Zweimüller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1288
Women's Hours of Market Work in Germany: The Role of Parental Leave
Monika Merz
published in: R. Goméz-Salvador et al. (eds.), Labour Supply and Incentive to Work in Europe, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005
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