Parental allowance increase and labor supply: evidence from a Czech reform
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985998%3A_____%2F24%3A00604641" target="_blank" >RIV/67985998:_____/24:00604641 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00025950:_____/24:N0000061 RIV/00216208:11220/24:10483588 RIV/00216208:11640/24:00597966
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102589" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102589</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102589" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102589</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Parental allowance increase and labor supply: evidence from a Czech reform
Original language description
We study the effect of a substantial increase (36%) in parental allowance, a universal basic income-type benefit, on the labor supply of parents of young children in the Czech Republic. Parental allowance does not preclude labor market activity, which allows us to estimate the income effect. We find that the reform resulted in a 4.8 percentage point (11%) decrease in labor market participation of mothers of young children. Mothers with only one child (7.8 p.p., 20%) and university-educated mothers (17 p.p., 32%) reacted particularly strongly. The percentage reduction in hours worked was virtually identical to that in labor force participation. We argue that the sizeable labor supply reduction was driven by the option to extend the parental allowance period, which enabled mothers to postpone their return to work. We find no effect on the labor supply of fathers of young children.
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
<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: The National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impact of Diseases and Systemic Risks</a><br>
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
Labour Economics
ISSN
0927-5371
e-ISSN
1879-1034
Volume of the periodical
89
Issue of the periodical within the volume
August
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
102589
UT code for WoS article
001287999400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85197557856