Does Paternity Leave Matter for Female Employment in Developing Economies? : Evidence from Firm Data
For a sample of 53 developing countries, the results show that women's employment among private firms is significantly higher in countries that mandate paternity leave versus those that do not. A conservative estimate suggests an increase of 6...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26002708/paternity-leave-matter-female-employment-developing-economies-evidence-firm-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23926 |
| Summary: | For a sample of 53 developing countries,
the results show that women's employment among private
firms is significantly higher in countries that mandate
paternity leave versus those that do not. A conservative
estimate suggests an increase of 6.8 percentage points in
the proportion of women workers associated with the
mandating of paternity leave. |
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