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Does Fathers’ Care Spill Over? Evaluating Reforms in the Swedish Parental Leave Program

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  • Ann-Zofie Duvander
  • Mats Johansson

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The aim of reserving months for fathers in the Swedish parental leave system was to increase fathers’ use of leave as well as encourage gender equality in the home and labor market. Using data from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, this study investigates the effects of the reform – reserving one month of leave for fathers in 1995 and a second month in 2002 – on gender equality in the home. The study uses the take up of the parental benefit for the care for sick children (CFSC) as a proxy for gender equality and follows parents’ use of CFSC for twelve years for the first reform and ten years for the second reform. Results indicate the first reform led to more equal leave sharing, mainly because use of the benefit decreased among mothers with low education, and at least in part fulfilled the aim of increasing gender equality in the home.

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  • Ann-Zofie Duvander & Mats Johansson, 2019. "Does Fathers’ Care Spill Over? Evaluating Reforms in the Swedish Parental Leave Program," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 67-89, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:25:y:2019:i:2:p:67-89
    DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2018.1474240
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    1. Rosenqvist, Olof, 2022. "Reducing the gender gap in parental leave through economic incentives? – Evidence from the gender equality bonus in Sweden," Working Paper Series 2022:22, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
    2. Ann-Zofie Duvander & Trude Lappegard & Mats Johansson, 2020. "Impact of a Reform Towards Shared Parental Leave on Continued Fertility in Norway and Sweden," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 39(6), pages 1205-1229, December.
    3. Kati Kuitto & Janne Salonen & Jan Helmdag, 2019. "Gender Inequalities in Early Career Trajectories and Parental Leaves: Evidence from a Nordic Welfare State," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 8(9), pages 1-16, September.

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