Does Paternity Leave Matter for Female Employment in Developing Economies? : Evidence from Firm Data

Does Paternity Leave Matter for Female Employment in Developing Economies? : Evidence from Firm Data

For a sample of 53 developing countries, the results show that women's employment among private firms is significantly higher in countries that mandate paternity leave versus those that do not. A conservative estimate suggests an increase of 6...

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Main Authors:	Amin, Mohammad, Islam, Asif, Sakhonchik, Alena
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SANITATION PROGRESS SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR EMPOWERMENT JOBS EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WORKERS HUMAN CAPITAL OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT GENDER SPECIFIC HOUSE WORKERS POLICIES WHO WOMEN EMPLOYEES MARRIED WOMAN WOMAN INCOME WOMEN WORKERS POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE LAWS GENDER HEALTH POLICY WOMEN EMPLOYMENT DIVISION OF LABOR LABOUR MARKET DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION PRIVATE FIRMS JOB FEMALE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS MANDATES LABOR ECONOMICS POLICY DISCUSSIONS PRIVATE SECTOR CHILD REARING CHILD BIRTH IMPACT OF EDUCATION PRESENT STUDY ADULT POPULATION CRIME WILL POLICY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES PARLIAMENTARY UNION NUMBER OF WOMEN MATERNITY LEAVE CHILDREN INVESTMENT PARENTAL LEAVE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TRAINING CHILD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EQUALITY FIRM LEVEL FERTILITY RATES SUPPLY PATERNITY LEAVE POPULATION PROPORTION OF WOMEN LAW FERTILITY RATE JOB MARKET MARKETS POLICY RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS FERTILITY WOMEN LABOUR JOB TRAINING LABOR LABOR MARKETS OUTCOMES FEMALE PRICES BENEFITS GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT DEVELOPMENT POLICY EMPLOYEES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26002708/paternity-leave-matter-female-employment-developing-economies-evidence-firm-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23926

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23926