Does Paternity Leave Matter for Female Employment in Developing Economies? : Evidence from Firm-Level Data
Analysis using firm-level data for a sample of 33,302 firms in 53 developing countries shows 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 6.8 percentage points i...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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Taylor and Francis
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25027 |