Moving to an earnings-related parental leave system do heterogeneous effects on parents make some children worse off?

Katrin Huber

VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy from Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association

Abstract: Can moving to an earnings-related parental leave system influence children s well-being and are heterogeneous effects on parents carried over to the entire family, making special groups of children worse off than others? To answer this question, this study exploits a large and unanticipated parental leave reform in Germany as a natural experiment. By replacing a means-tested by an earnings-related system the reform affected different groups of families to a variable extent. I find significant negative effects on newborns personality, while 2-3-year-old children improve their basic life skills and language skills. The first effect is especially pronounced in families who would be subject to a non-positive change in the overall benefit amount compared to the pre-reform situation, the second one is rather driven by those coming out as the reform s winners.

JEL-codes: J13 J18 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Working Paper: Moving to an earnings-related parental leave system – do heterogeneous effects on parents make some children worse off? (2015)
Working Paper: Moving to an Earnings-Related Parental Leave System: Do Heterogeneous Effects on Parents Make Some Children Worse Off? (2015)
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