Spiess, C. Katharina; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2008-10), pp. 575-591
passed a reform of the parental leave benefit system in line with the model practiced in Nordic countries. The core piece of … the reform is the replacement of the existing means-tested parental leave benefit by a wage-dependent benefit for the … period of one year. In this paper we simulate fiscal costs and expected labour market outcomes of this reform. Based on a …