We examine the impact of the introduction of paid maternity leave in Norway in 1977 on maternal health. Before the policy reform, mothers were eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave. Mothers giving birth after July 1, 1977 were entitled to 4 months of paid leave and 12 months of unpaid ...
We examine the impact of the introduction of paid maternity leave in Norway in 1977 on maternal health. Before the policy reform, mothers were eligible for 12 wdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3139823Butikofer, AlineRiise, JulieSkira, MeghanSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Maternity Leave Hype.Maternity Leave Hype.The article discusses the length of paid maternity leaves, with information on a study by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research on the expansion of paid maternity leave in Norway and correlation between the length of leave and social benefits.Bail...
Salvanes Department of Economics Norwegian School of Economics Center for the Economics of Education (CEE), CESifo and IZA February 2013 Abstract We study the impact on children of increasing maternity leave benefits using a reform that increased paid and unpaid maternity leave in Norway in July ...
Maternity Leave inNorway Before the child turns three, parents are entitled to a total of 49 weeks of paid leave, or up to 59 weeks with 80% coverage. Maternity leave is included in this leave. To receive the 49 weeks, the father must have sole custody of the child. The three weeks ...
(2013) study the effect of the expansion of paid leave in Norway from 18 to 35 weeks without changing the length of job protection. The reform increased the amount of time spent at home versus work by roughly the increased number of weeks allowed. More broadly, they found that the ...
This paper explores the relationship between maternity leave and productivity. It explains and discusses the different applications of such a benefit, and discusses the change in this institution over time in Norway. It also presents the costs such a system is imposing on the governmental budgets. ...
摘要: The article discusses the length of paid maternity leaves, with information on a study by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research on the expansion of paid maternity leave in Norway and correlation between the length of leave and social benefits....
We assess the case for paid maternity leave, focusing on parents' responses to a series of policy reforms in Norway which expanded paid leave from 18 to 35 weeks (without changing the length of job protection). Our first empirical result is that none of the reforms seem to crowd out ...
There's been a lot of discussion about paid maternity leave in the US. As part of having an informed discussion, an idea of the costs should be included since part of implementing universal maternity leave includes collecting the money. I tried to find a