Causal effects of paternity leave on children and parents

dc.contributor.author	Cools, Sara
dc.contributor.author	Fiva, Jon H.
dc.contributor.author	Kirkebøen, Lars J.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-01-20T09:53:39Z
dc.date.available	2016-01-20T09:53:39Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.citation	The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 117(2015)3: 801-828	nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn	0347-0520
dc.identifier.issn	1467-9442
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2374295
dc.description	This is the author's accepted and refereed manuscript to the article	nb_NO
dc.description.abstract	Reserving a share of the parental leave period for fathers is considered necessary for inducing fathers to take leave, and for men's increased participation in child-rearing. We investigate how a parental leave reform directed towards fathers impacted leave taking, and in turn children's and parents' long term outcomes. A paternal leave quota greatly increases the share of men taking paternity leave. We find evidence that children's school performance improves as a result, particularly in families where the father has higher education than the mother. We find no evidence that paternity leave counters the traditional allocation of parents' labor supply.	nb_NO
dc.language.iso	eng	nb_NO
dc.publisher	Wiley	nb_NO
dc.title	Causal effects of paternity leave on children and parents	nb_NO
dc.type	Journal article	nb_NO
dc.type	Peer reviewed	nb_NO
dc.source.journal	The Scandinavian Journal of Economics	nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi	10.1111/sjoe.12113
dc.description.localcode	2, Forfatterversjon	nb_NO