Peer Effects in Program Participation

Gordon Dahl, Katrine V. L?ken and Magne Mogstad
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Katrine Vellesen Løken

American Economic Review, 2014, vol. 104, issue 7, 2049-74

Abstract: We estimate peer effects in paid paternity leave in Norway using a regression discontinuity design. Coworkers and brothers are 11 and 15 percentage points, respectively, more likely to take paternity leave if their peer was exogenously induced to take up leave. The most likely mechanism is information transmission, including increased knowledge of how an employer will react. The estimated peer effect snowballs over time, as the first peer interacts with a second peer, the second peer with a third, and so on. This leads to long-run participation rates which are substantially higher than would otherwise be expected.

JEL-codes: J13 J16 J18 K31 M52 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.7.2049
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