Does Biology Drive Child Penalties? Evidence from Biological and Adoptive Families
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Does Biology Drive Child Penalties? Evidence from Biological and Adoptive Families. / Søgaard, Jakob Egholt; Kleven, Henrik; Landais, Camille.
In: American Economic Review: Insights, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2021, p. 183-198.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Does Biology Drive Child Penalties? Evidence from Biological and Adoptive Families
AU - Søgaard, Jakob Egholt
AU - Kleven, Henrik
AU - Landais, Camille
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper investigates whether the impact of children on the labor market outcomes of women relative to men—child penalties—can be explained by the biological links between mother and child. We estimate child penalties in biological and adoptive families using event studies around the arrival of children and almost 40 years of adoption data from Denmark. Short-run child penalties are slightly larger for biological mothers than for adoptive mothers, but their long-run child enalties are virtually identical and precisely estimated. This suggests that biology is not a key driver of child-related gender gaps.
AB - This paper investigates whether the impact of children on the labor market outcomes of women relative to men—child penalties—can be explained by the biological links between mother and child. We estimate child penalties in biological and adoptive families using event studies around the arrival of children and almost 40 years of adoption data from Denmark. Short-run child penalties are slightly larger for biological mothers than for adoptive mothers, but their long-run child enalties are virtually identical and precisely estimated. This suggests that biology is not a key driver of child-related gender gaps.
U2 - 10.1257/aeri.20200260
DO - 10.1257/aeri.20200260
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 183
EP - 198
JO - American Economic Review: Insights
JF - American Economic Review: Insights
SN - 2640-205X
IS - 2
ER -
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