Working Paper Series, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
No 9/2005:
Parental Leave in Sweden: The Effects of the Second Daddy Month
Rickard Eriksson ()
Abstract: In 2002 the number of months reserved for fathers in the
Swedish parental leave system increased from one to two. This coincided
with an increase of total time of parental leave from 12 to 13 months. The
results are obtained using a natural experiment approach, comparing the
behavior of parents to children born immediately before and after the
reform. Both fathers and mothers increased their use of parental leave
after the reform. The increase for fathers was caused by a shift of fathers
using about one month of parental leave to about two months. The increase
was smaller than after the introduction of the first daddy month. From this
we can conclude that fixed costs for taking parental leave are not
important for fathers and that the marginal utility of parental leave is
not increasing in total parental leave.
Keywords: Family benefits; parental leave; natural experiment; gender and labor markets; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J13; J16; J22; J48; (follow links to similar papers)
24 pages, December 22, 2005
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