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The Effects of Maternity Leave Benefits on Mothers and Children.A Reexamination

Forfattere: Lillebø, Otto Sevaldson, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed
Publisert: 2025
Sammendrag: We provide a full reexamination of the effects of a maternity leave extension implemented in Norway in 1977. Previous research reporting large favorable long-term effects on mothers’ health and on offspring’s educational and labor market outcomes relied on an incorrect description of the reform and an invalid identification strategy. In the present paper, we show that the previously reported results are misleading. Building on an accurate description of the reform and its implementation, we document that it had no noticeable long-term effects on mothers’ health or on offspring’s education and labor market outcomes.
Prosjekt: 1676 Intergenerational Mobility and Labor Market Inclusion
JEL Codes: C52, J13, J18
Keywords: Family policies, Maternity leave, Replication
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