The impact of paternity leave on mothers' employment in Europe

Johanne Bacheron ()
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Johanne Bacheron: Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, AMSE, Marseille, France., https://www.amse-aixmarseille.fr/en/members/bacheron

No 2110, AMSE Working Papers from Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France

Abstract: In this paper, I use a pseudo-panel approach with data from the European Union Labour Force Survey to study the impact of paternity leave policies on mothers' employment in ten countries. Using a dynamic Difference-inDifference strategy, I show that paternity leave increased mothers' employment rate by up to 17% in the long run, and average hours worked by 2 to 4%. There is substantial heterogeneity across countries in the effect of paternity leave policies. The impact on employment rates is positive and significant in eight of the ten countries of the sample, while the impact on hours worked can be either positive or negative. I find no evidence that the reforms had any impact on Greece or Portugal.

Keywords: paternity leave; labour supply; gender equality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J18 J48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2021-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur and nep-lab
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