Birth timing and spacing: implications for parental leave dynamics and child penalties
<p>We develop new facts on relationships between the timing and spacing of births, parental leave take-up, and labor market outcomes using Danish administrative data. We document substantial heterogeneity in age at first birth across maternal skill levels. Average spacing of pregnancies is als...
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| Format: | Working paper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Oxford
2024
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