Does paternity leave matter for female employment in developing economies ? evidence from firm data

Mohammad Amin, Asif Islam and Alena Sakhonchik

No 7588, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: For a sample of 53 developing countries, the results show that women's employment among private firms is significantly higher in countries that mandate paternity leave versus those that do not. A conservative estimate suggests an increase of 6.8 percentage points in the proportion of women workers associated with the mandating of paternity leave.

Keywords: Gender and Economics; Private Sector Development Law; Marketing; Private Sector Economics; Gender and Poverty; Gender and Economic Policy; Economics and Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-03-01
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