Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/308297 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17438
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We develop new facts on relationships between the timing and spacing of births, parental leave take-up, and labor market outcomes using Danish administrative data. We document substantial heterogeneity in age at first birth across maternal skill levels. Average spacing of pregnancies is also tighter for highly skilled mothers, resulting in higher fertility levels and time on parental leave soon after first birth. We estimate event studies by skill level and find that much of child penalties in earnings and participation after first birth can be explained by incapacitation effects from parental leave around subsequent births, especially for the highly educated.
Subjects: 
fertility
child penalty
skill
JEL: 
J13
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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