Maternity Leave Benefits and Long Run Outcomes of Children * Pedro Carneiro Department of Economics University College London Institute for Fiscal Studies Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice Katrine V. L?ken Department of Economics University of Bergen Kjell G. Salvanes Department of Economics ...
We study the impact of an expansion of maternity leave mandates from 6 months to 12 months on the health and development of children. Our advantage relative to previous research lies in a compelling policy episode which improves the causal nature of inferences and a detailed data source which al...
Paid maternity leave has major mental and physical health benefits for mothers and children - including reduced rates of postpartum depression and infant mortality, according to a report in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry. "Given the substantial mental and physical health ...
Over recent years many European Union countries have made changes to the design of the maternity leave provision. These policy developments reflect calls for greater gender equality in the workforce and more equal share of childcare responsibilities. However, while research shows that long period of ...
Within developing countries, studies addressing the effects of maternity benefits on fertility, infant/child health, and women's labor force participation are limited and provide contradictory findings. Yet, knowledge regarding the implementation of maternity provisions is essential, as such policies could...
(1) maternity leave. It refers to the time limit for employees to rest in the course of childbirth. It is specifically explained as the holidays enjoyed by women workers before and after childbirth. The main function of maternity leave is that the female
We examine this question using a large expansion in maternity benefits in 1982 in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The program provided partially paid leave until the child鈥檚 first birthday and included a small cash payment at birth. We use individual-level panel data ...
Journal of European Public PolicyHendersen, Alisa and Linda White. 2004. "Shrinking Welfare States? Comparing Maternity Leave Benefits adnd Child Care Programs in European Union and North American Welfare States, 1985-2000." Journal of European Public Policy. 11(3) 497-5189....
leave and the postnatal leave are the two halves of maternity leave in Belgium. In regard to the first one, the mother has to take at least 1 week before the predicted birth date, up to a maximum of 6 weeks. The latter requires a necessary 9-week period beginning with the child's ...
Parental perks are also front of mind for many workers. The U.S. is one of the only industrialized countries in the world without federally mandated maternity leave. Child care is now also costlier than housing in all 50 U.S. states, according to a 2024 report from nonprofit Child Care ...