Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden

Gunnar Andersson, Jan M. Hoem and Ann-Zofie Duvander
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Gunnar Andersson: Stockholms Universitet
Jan M. Hoem: Stockholms Universitet
Ann-Zofie Duvander: Mittuniversitetet

Demographic Research, 2006, vol. 14, issue 4, 51-70

Abstract: In Sweden, parents receive a parental-leave allowance of a high percentage (currently 80%) of their pre-birth salary for about a year in connection with any birth. If they space their births sufficiently closely, they avoid a reduction in the allowance caused by any reduced income earned between the births. The gain is popularly called a “speed premium”. In previous work we have shown that childbearing was sped up correspondingly. This is clear evidence of a causal effect of a policy change on childbearing behavior. In the present paper, we study how this change in behavior was adopted in various social strata of the Swedish population.

Keywords: fertility; fertility determinants; Sweden; fertility trends; impacts of family policies; institutional effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.4

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