DUGiDocsLabour market effects of reducing the gender gap in parental leave entitlements
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2022-01-24T08:54:33Z
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2022-01-24T08:54:33Z
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2021-10-01
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0927-5371
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We explore the effects of parental leave entitlements for mothers and fathers on wages and employment. We consider male and female workers who compete for the same jobs in a labour search and matching model with endogenous job search and leave take-up rates. We identify key theoretical effects and calibrate the model to simulate policy changes in France, Italy, Norway and Portugal. Reducing the gap in parental leave entitlements reduces gender wage gaps and increases gender employment rate gaps in these countries. Leave take-up rates increase with paid leave duration. In general, we find that job search intensity decreases when longer paid leave duration decreases wages
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We acknowledge financial support from the University of Girona, the ANU College of Business and Economics, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [Research Grant ECO2017-82350R], the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [PID2019-106642GB-I00], the Generalitat de Catalunya [Grant 2017SGR558], and the Australian Research Council [Project DP130103580]
Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Elsevier
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application/pdf
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eng
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Elsevier
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PID2019-106642GB-I00
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Reproducció digital del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2021.102036
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Labour Economics, 2021, vol. 72, art. núm. 102036
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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Labour market effects of reducing the gender gap in parental leave entitlements
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-106642GB-I00/ES/BIENESTAR, MECANISMOS DE ASIGNACION Y POLITICAS PUBLICAS/
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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033656
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peer-reviewed
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