Fathers taking leave: Evaluating the impact of shared parental leave in the UK

Clifton-Sprigg, Joanna, Fichera, Eleonora, Kaya, Ezgi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-2649 and Jones, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-8090 2024. Fathers taking leave: Evaluating the impact of shared parental leave in the UK. [Discussion Paper]. IZA Discussion Paper Series, vol. 17076. Bonn, Germany: IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Available at: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/17076

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Abstract

We study the effect of the introduction in 2015 of UK Shared Parental Leave policy on the up-take and the length of leave taken by fathers. Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study and Regression Discontinuity in Time, we show that the reform has not affected uptake or length of parental leave reinforcing questions as to its effectiveness.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Uncontrolled Keywords:	parental leave reform, Regression Discontinuity in Time, UK Household Longitudinal Study
Publisher:	IZA Institute of Labor Economics
Funders:	Understanding Society fellowship programme, a component of the Study’s Economic and Social Research Council award, ES/S007253/1.
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 July 2024
Last Modified:	30 Jul 2024 10:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170085

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