Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital

This paper uses a general equilibrium model of marriage and divorce to assess how public policies on parental leave and leave benefits affect intra-household decision making, family structure, intergenerational mobility, and the distribution of income. The benchmark economy is calibrated to US data...

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Main Authors:	Bernal, Raquel, Fruttero, Anna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation D130 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240
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spelling	okr-10986-54122021-04-23T14:02:22Z Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital Bernal, Raquel Fruttero, Anna Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation D130 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 This paper uses a general equilibrium model of marriage and divorce to assess how public policies on parental leave and leave benefits affect intra-household decision making, family structure, intergenerational mobility, and the distribution of income. The benchmark economy is calibrated to US data to replicate some characteristics relevant to the interaction between the marriage and labor markets. The effects of unpaid leave, paid leave benefits, and mandated leave on human capital investment, distribution of income, and welfare are then analyzed. 2012-03-30T07:32:42Z 2012-03-30T07:32:42Z 2008 Journal Article Journal of Population Economics 09331433 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5412 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic	Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation D130 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240
spellingShingle	Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation D130 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310 Marriage Marital Dissolution Family Structure Domestic Abuse J120 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Bernal, Raquel Fruttero, Anna Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital
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description	This paper uses a general equilibrium model of marriage and divorce to assess how public policies on parental leave and leave benefits affect intra-household decision making, family structure, intergenerational mobility, and the distribution of income. The benchmark economy is calibrated to US data to replicate some characteristics relevant to the interaction between the marriage and labor markets. The effects of unpaid leave, paid leave benefits, and mandated leave on human capital investment, distribution of income, and welfare are then analyzed.
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author	Bernal, Raquel Fruttero, Anna
author_facet	Bernal, Raquel Fruttero, Anna
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title	Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital
title_short	Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital
title_full	Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital
title_fullStr	Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital
title_full_unstemmed	Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital
title_sort	parental leave policies, intra-household time allocations and children's human capital
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Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital

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