Parental Leave and Intimate Partner Violence

Dan Anderberg, Line Hjorth Andersen, N. Meltem Daysal and Mette Ejrnæs

No 12189, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: We study the effects of a parental leave reform in Denmark in 2002 on intimate partner violence (IPV) contacts. The reform extended leave-taking among mothers but not fathers and led to a marked reduction in IPV incidence, specifically among mothers with below-median years of education. Analysis of further outcomes suggests that increased birth spacing is a key mechanism linking extended parental leave to reduced IPV risk.

Keywords: intimate partner violence; parental leave (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I38 J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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