Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/38968 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3130
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Using Norwegian registry data we investigate how paternity leave affects fathers' long-term earnings. In 1993 Norway introduced a paternity quota of the paid parental leave. We estimate a difference-in-differences model which exploits differences in fathers' exposure to the paternity quota. Our analysis suggests that four weeks paternity leave during the child's first year decreases fathers' future earnings by 2.1 percent. Importantly, this effect persists up until our last point of observation when the child is five years old. The earnings effect is consistent with increased long-term father involvement, as fathers shift time and effort from market to home production. In an investigation of Norwegian time use data we find additional evidence for this hypothesis.
Subjects: 
father involvement
household production
parental leave
JEL: 
D13
H31
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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