The Long-Term Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Maternal Health and Subjective Well-Being

Heisig, Katharina

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4383846

SSRN Journal

2023

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4383846

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The Long-Term Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Maternal Health and Subjective Well-Being

Katharina Heisig

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Part-time Parental Leave and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the Netherlands

Dillenseger,

Burger,

Munier

2023

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There is extensive literature on the relationship between having children and life satisfaction. Although parenthood can provide meaningfulness in life, parenting may increase obligations and decrease leisure time, reducing life satisfaction. In the Netherlands, parental leave is a part-time work arrangement that allows parents with young children to reconcile better work and family commitments. Using panel data from the Dutch Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences (LISS), we estimated with fixed-effects models the impact of the part-time parental leave scheme in the Netherlands on the life satisfaction of parents with young children. We find that the legal framework of Dutch parental leave offering job-protected leave and fiscal benefits are conducive to parents’ life satisfaction. Our findings hold using different model specifications. Additionally, we did not find evidence for existing reverse causality and that shorter and more elaborate parental leave schemes are more beneficial for life satisfaction.

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Part-time Parental Leave and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the Netherlands

Dillenseger,

Burger,

Munier

2023

Applied Research Quality Life

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The Long-Term Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Maternal Health and Subjective Well-Being

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Part-time Parental Leave and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the Netherlands

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