Parental leave - A policy evaluation of the Swedish "Daddy-Month" reform

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-143

  Ekberg, John ^a   Eriksson, Rickard ^b   Friebel, Guido ^c,d,e  

^a Medlingsinstitutet (National Mediation Office)   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^e IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family benefits; Gender and labor markets; Incentives; Natural experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870215528     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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