Is longer maternal care always beneficial? The impact of a 4-year paid parental leave
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11640/24:00585304 RIV/61384399:31140/24:00060056
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-024-01010-1" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-024-01010-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-024-01010-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00148-024-01010-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Is longer maternal care always beneficial? The impact of a 4-year paid parental leave
Original language description
We study the impact of an extension of paid family leave in the Czech Republic from 3 to 4 years on children’s long-term outcomes. We find that an additional year of maternal care at age 3 has an adverse effect on children’s human capital investments and labor market attachment. Affected children are 6 percentage points less likely to be enrolled in college and 4 percentage points more likely to be not in education, employment, or training (NEET) at age 21–22. While the negative impact on education is persistent, with an 8 percentage points lower probability of completing college by the age of 27, the effect on NEET is short-lived. The results are driven by children of low-educated mothers, whose education and NEET outcomes are affected by as much as 12 percentage points. Our findings are consistent with previously documented positive effects of universal childcare on child long-term outcomes and with the fact that the extended maternal care induced by the extension of family leave led to a postponement of public kindergarten enrollment.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Population Economics
ISSN
0933-1433
e-ISSN
1432-1475
Volume of the periodical
37
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
45
Pages from-to
36
UT code for WoS article
001179195200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85187440753