Seasonal effects in the use of paternity leave in Germany

Sven Stöwhase () and Teodora Shipanova ()
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Sven Stöwhase: Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
Teodora Shipanova: Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
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Economics Bulletin, 2016, vol. 36, issue 1, 373-380

Abstract: This short note uses a large administrative data set on the use of parental leave in Germany to explore whether fathers take paternity leave more often in some months than in others. Our results indicate that paternity leave is taken to a significantly greater extent during summer - independent from when the child is exactly born. Moreover, these seasonal effects are more pronounced when the total leave is shorter.

Keywords: Paternity Leave; Seasonal Effects; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 H2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-03-17
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