Parental Leave, (In)formal Childcare, and Long-Term Child Outcomes

被引:5
作者
Danzer, Natalia [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Halla, Martin [3 ,5 ,6 ,7 ]
Schneeweis, Nicole [3 ,5 ,6 ,8 ]
Zweimueller, Martina [5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Free Univ Berlin, Empir Econ & Gender, Berlin, Germany
[2] Ifo Inst, Munich, Germany
[3] IZA, Bonn, Germany
[4] CESifo, Bonn, Germany
[5] Johannes Kepler Univ Linz, Linz, Austria
[6] Christian Doppler Lab Aging Hlth & Lab Market, Linz, Austria
[7] Austrian Publ Hlth Inst, Vienna, Austria
[8] CEPR, London, England
关键词
MOTHERS; ARRANGEMENTS; EXPANSIONS; PROGRAMS; SUPPORT; STRESS; IMPACT; HOME;
D O I
10.3368/jhr.58.2.0619-10257R1
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
We evaluate the effect of an Austrian parental leave extension from the child's first to their second birthday on long-term child outcomes. Exploiting a sharp birthday cutoff-based discontinuity in the eligibility for extended leave, we find that longer parental leave improves on average child health outcomes, but has no effect on the child's labor market outcomes. When accounting for the counterfactual mode of care, we find significant gains in all outcomes for children for whom the reform most likely induced a replacement of informal childcare with maternal care. This highlights the importance of the counterfactual scenario in such evaluations.
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页码:1826 / 1884
页数:60
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