Does paternity leave reduce fertility?

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• dc.contributor.author Farré, Lídia
• dc.contributor.author González, Libertad
• dc.date.accessioned 2019-11-27T12:35:50Z
• dc.date.issued 2019
• dc.description.abstract We find that the introduction of two weeks of paid paternity leave in Spain in 2007 led to delays in subsequent fertility. Following a regression discontinuity design and using rich administrative data, we show that parents who were (just) entitled to the new paternity leave took longer to have another child compared to (just) ineligible parents. We also show that older eligible couples were less likely to have an additional child within the following six years after the introduction of the reform. We provide evidence in support of two potentially complementary channels behind the negative effects on subsequent fertility. First, fathers' increasing involvement in childcare led to higher labor force attachment among mothers. This may have raised the opportunity cost of an additional child. We also find that men reported lower desired fertility after the reform, possibly due to their increased awareness of the costs of childrearing, or to a shift in preferences from child quantity to quality.
• dc.description.sponsorship Farré acknowledges the financial support by Fundación Ramon Areces (CISP15A33179), the Government of Catalonia (grant SGR2014-325), and the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grant ECO2014-59959-P-P). González acknowledges the financial support of ICREA Academia and the ERC (CoG-2017-770958).
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• dc.identifier.citation Farré L, González L. Does paternity leave reduce fertility? J Public Econ. 2019 Apr;(172):52-66. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.12.002
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.12.002
• dc.identifier.issn 0047-2727
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/43016
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Public Economics. 2019 Apr;(172):52-66
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/770958
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/ECO2014-59959-P-P
• dc.rights © Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.12.002
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword Paternity leave
• dc.subject.keyword Fertility
• dc.subject.keyword Labor market
• dc.subject.keyword Gender
• dc.subject.keyword Natural experiment
• dc.title Does paternity leave reduce fertility?
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion