Effects of Extending Paid Parental Leave on Children's Socio-Emotional Skills and Well-Being in Adolescence
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Effects of Extending Paid Parental Leave on Children's Socio-Emotional Skills and Well-Being in Adolescence. / Kristiansen, Ida Lykke; Aagaard Houmark, Mikkel; Løchte Jørgensen, Cecilie Marie; Gensowski, Miriam.
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T1 - Effects of Extending Paid Parental Leave on Children's Socio-Emotional Skills and Well-Being in Adolescence
AU - Kristiansen, Ida Lykke
AU - Aagaard Houmark, Mikkel
AU - Løchte Jørgensen, Cecilie Marie
AU - Gensowski, Miriam
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We study how children’s socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affectedby an increase in the duration of parental care during infancy. Exploiting a Danish reformthat extended paid parental leave in 2002 and effectively delayed children’s entry intoformal out-of-home care, we show that longer leave increases adolescent well-being,conscientiousness and emotional stability, and reduces school absenteeism. The effectsare strongest for children of mothers who would have taken short leave in absence of thereform. This highlights how time spent with a parent is particularly productive during veryearly childhood.
AB - We study how children’s socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affectedby an increase in the duration of parental care during infancy. Exploiting a Danish reformthat extended paid parental leave in 2002 and effectively delayed children’s entry intoformal out-of-home care, we show that longer leave increases adolescent well-being,conscientiousness and emotional stability, and reduces school absenteeism. The effectsare strongest for children of mothers who would have taken short leave in absence of thereform. This highlights how time spent with a parent is particularly productive during veryearly childhood.
M3 - Working paper
BT - Effects of Extending Paid Parental Leave on Children's Socio-Emotional Skills and Well-Being in Adolescence
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