[HTML][HTML] Negative effects of long parental leave on maternal health: Evidence from a substantial policy change in Austria

C Chuard - Journal of Health Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
I study the effect of parental leave duration on maternal health in the short-to medium-run
leveraging variation in parental leave duration induced by an Austrian policy reform in the …

Maternity leave and paternity leave: Evidence on the economic impact of legislative changes in high income countries

S Canaan, A Lassen, P Rosenbaum, H Steingrimsdottir - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
Labor market policies for expecting and new mothers emerged at the turn of the nineteenth
century. The main motivation for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their …

[HTML][HTML] Education-oriented and care-oriented preschools: Implications on child development

H Akabayashi, T Ruberg, C Shikishima, J Yamashita - Labour Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper estimates the causal effect of education-oriented vs. care-oriented preschools on
child development. We use a unique quasi-experiment from Japan that exploits plausibly …

Tots and teens: How does child's age influence maternal labor supply and child care response to the earned income tax credit?

K Michelmore, N Pilkauskas - Journal of Labor Economics, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Building on earlier work that shows that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) has a
substantial positive effect on maternal labor supply, we show that labor supply effects are …

The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes

A Ahammer, M Halla, N Schneeweis - Journal of Health Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
Maternity leave policies are designed to safeguard the health of pregnant workers and their
unborn children. We evaluate a maternity leave extension in Austria which increased …

Effects of extending paid parental leave on children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence

MA Houmark, CM Løchte Jørgensen… - Univ. of Copenhagen …, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
We study how children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affected
by an increase in the duration of parental care during infancy. Exploiting a Danish reform …

Maternity Leave

K Regmi, L Wang - Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population …, 2023 - Springer
Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central
objective of maternal and parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of …

[HTML][HTML] Mothers at work: How mandating a short maternity leave affects work and fertility

EM Girsberger, L Hassani-Nezhad, K Karunanethy… - Labour Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Switzerland mandated a 14-week paid maternity leave in 2005 when many firms already
offered a similar benefit. While the mandate had only small and temporary effects on labor …

Paying Moms to Stay Home: Short and Long Run Effects on Parents and Children

J Gruber, T Kosonen, K Huttunen - 2023 - nber.org
We study the impacts of a policy designed to reward mothers who stay at home rather than
join the labor force when their children are under age three. We use regional and over time …

Maternity leave and children's health outcomes in the long-term

M Fabel - Journal of Health Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the impact of the length of maternity leave on children's health
outcomes in the long-run. My quasi-experimental design evaluates an expansion in …