women? We analyze the impact of family policies of Denmark and Sweden on women’s career breaks due to childbirth. These … countries are culturally similar and share the same type of welfare state ideology, but differ remarkably in pursued family … policies. Compared to Denmark, leave provisions in Sweden are more generous in terms of both duration and payment rates, and …

We use administrative tax data to analyze the cumulative, long-run effects of California's 2004 Paid Family Leave Act …

Women experience significant reductions in labor market income following the birth of children, while their male … contribution due to the biological costs of giving birth. Second, we provide causal estimates on the impact of two family policies …

This paper estimates family spillovers in high school major choice in Sweden, where admission to oversubscribed majors …-dominated program of Engineering. Back of the envelope calculations reveal these within family spillovers have sizable implications for …