The Effect of Maternity Leave Expansions on Fertility Intentions: Evidence from Switzerland

Barbos, Andrei; Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani

doi:10.1007/s10834-019-09609-3

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“…A similar approach was used byLalive et al (2013) andSchönberg and Ludsteck (2014) to study long expansions of maternity leave in Austria and Germany Lalive et al (2013). study two Austrian reforms that extended maternity leave durations from 12 to 24 and then to 30 months, whileSchönberg and Ludsteck (2014) study German reforms extending the benefit duration from two to six months, and later up to 24 months.5 This result is in line with the findings ofBarbos and Milovanska-Farrington (2019) that the 2005 mandatory paid maternity leave in Switzerland affected fertility intentions through an experience effect.…”

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Mothers at Work: How Mandating Paid Maternity Leave Affects Employment, Earnings and Fertility

Girsberger

Nezhad

Karunanethy³

et al. 2021

SSRN Journal

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Mothers at Work: How Mandating Paid Maternity Leave Affects Employment, Earnings and Fertility

Girsberger

Nezhad

Karunanethy³

et al. 2021

SSRN Journal

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“…A growing body of research evaluates how fertility intentions respond to changes in family policy and public policy in general. Most relevant to this paper is an analysis of an expansion of paid maternity leave in Switzerland which, consistent with our results, finds an increase in fertility intentions (Barbos & Milovanska‐Farrington, 2019). For Australia, the effects of the Baby Bonus on fertility intentions have been analysed in a number of studies, with Risse (2010) and Drago et al .…”

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The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Fertility Intentions*

Bassford

Fisher

2020

Economic Record

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Paid parental leave is an important part of family policy in OECD countries. Australia's Paid Parental Leave scheme was introduced in 2011 and provides 18 weeks of leave paid at the full‐time minimum wage for the primary carer of a child. We estimate the effect of access to paid parental leave on women's fertility intentions by exploiting the differential impact of the scheme for women working in the public and private sectors. We find that the scheme's announcement had no impact on fertility intentions at the extensive margin but that, conditional on intending to have at least one (more) child, the number of children intended increases by 0.34, a 16 per cent increase. This effect is concentrated among highly educated women. As it has been shown that fertility intentions predict fertility outcomes, these results suggest that even modest paid parental leave programs can increase the fertility of working women and so moderate the declines in fertility rates seen in many developed countries.

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“…Begall and Mills [ 70 ] found that in the case of low breeding rate rates, higher work pressure can significantly reduce mothers’ fertility intention. Further, Barbos and Milovanska-Farrington [ 71 ] found that Switzerland’s system of paid maternity leave improved people’s willingness to bear children, especially those who already had two children. Unfortunately, however, in terms of the overall environments in which China’s rural floating population live, individuals in this population remain far from suitable and stable living and working conditions.…”

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The Impact of Rural Population Mobility on Fertility Intention under the Comprehensive Two-Child Policy: Evidence from Rural China

Deng

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IJERPH

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Declining fertility rates pose challenges to global economic, social, cultural and political development. Low fertility rates among rural floating populations are exacerbating these challenges. However, it is not clear whether and to what extent rural population mobility (RPM) has reduced migrants’ willingness to have children. At the same time, rural migration may represent a self-selection behavior (i.e., selection bias), and traditional measurement methods may be insufficient for effectively estimating the quantitative impacts of rural migration. Accordingly, the data from 1734 rural households from 28 provinces in mainland China were collected in the current study, and endogenous switching regression (ESR) models were used to correct the selection bias to quantitatively evaluate the impacts of RPM on fertility intention. The results revealed the following: (1) For rural residents who choose to move, if they chose not to move, their willingness to give birth would increase by 19.820%, their willingness to have female children would increase by 48.526%, and their willingness to have male children would drop by 26.711%. (2) For rural residents who choose not to move, if they chose to move, their willingness to give birth would drop by 55.982%, their willingness to have female children would drop by 18.294%, and their willingness to have male children would drop by 55.106%. (3) For eastern rural residents who choose to move, if they chose not to move, their willingness to give birth would decrease by 40.273%. For midwestern rural residents who choose to move, if they chose not to move, their willingness to give birth would increase by 24.786%. (4) For eastern rural residents who choose not to move, if they chose to move, their willingness to give birth would increase by 11.032%. (5) For midwestern rural residents who choose not to move, if they chose to move, their willingness to give birth would drop by 71.744%. The abovementioned findings can provide research support for other low-fertility countries or regions toward increasing fertility rates and addressing any imbalances in current gender ratios. They can also help to provide realistic strategies for alleviating the global population crisis.

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The Effect of Maternity Leave Expansions on Fertility Intentions: Evidence from Switzerland

Cited by 15 publications

References 11 publications

Mothers at Work: How Mandating Paid Maternity Leave Affects Employment, Earnings and Fertility

Mothers at Work: How Mandating Paid Maternity Leave Affects Employment, Earnings and Fertility

The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Fertility Intentions*

The Impact of Rural Population Mobility on Fertility Intention under the Comprehensive Two-Child Policy: Evidence from Rural China

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