Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital

Parental Leave Policies, Intra-household Time Allocations and Children's Human Capital

This paper uses a general equilibrium model of marriage and divorce to assess how public policies on parental leave and leave benefits affect intra-household decision making, family structure, intergenerational mobility, and the distribution of income. The benchmark economy is calibrated to US data...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bernal, Raquel, Fruttero, Anna
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation D130
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310
Marriage
Marital Dissolution
Family Structure
Domestic Abuse J120
Fertility
Family Planning
Child Care
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children
Youth J130
Economics of Gender
Non-labor Discrimination J160
Human Capital
Skills
Occupational Choice
Labor Productivity J240
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5412

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