{"title":"Extended maternity leave and children's long‐term development","authors":"Luc Behaghel, Maria Florencia Pinto","doi":"10.1111/sjoe.12551","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Countries around the world are increasingly expanding legal maternity leaves, with the dual objective of protecting mothers’ jobs during childbirth recovery and enhancing child development. Using exhaustive census data, we find that a three‐year paid leave in France had zero average effects on children's long‐term schooling achievement, and no detectable impact heterogeneity. The lack of positive effects on children adds to the case against a policy that has strong adverse effects on mothers’ careers. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":47929,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian Journal of Economics","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Scandinavian Journal of Economics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12551","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Countries around the world are increasingly expanding legal maternity leaves, with the dual objective of protecting mothers’ jobs during childbirth recovery and enhancing child development. Using exhaustive census data, we find that a three‐year paid leave in France had zero average effects on children's long‐term schooling achievement, and no detectable impact heterogeneity. The lack of positive effects on children adds to the case against a policy that has strong adverse effects on mothers’ careers. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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The Scandinavian Journal of Economics is one of the oldest and most distinguished economics journals in the world. It publishes research of the highest scientific quality from an international array of contributors in all areas of economics and related fields. The journal features: - Articles and empirical studies on economic theory and policy - Book reviews - Comprehensive surveys of the contributions to economics of the recipients of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics - A special issue each year on key topics in economics
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