- Additional Authors
- Found In
- OECD Journal: Economic Studies Vol. 2013, no. 1, p. 235-268 1995-2856
- Description
- 34 p.
- Summary
- The purpose of this paper is to examine the welfare effects of birth-related leave (BRL) in terms of life satisfaction. To do so, we exploit variations in BRL policies to assess their impact on life satisfaction. The paper adds to the existing literature in various ways. First, it uses new data collected by Baldi et al. (2011) and Baldi and Chapple (2010) to describe how life satisfaction moves around the date of the reforms over time and in a number of EU countries covered in the Eurobarometer surveys. Second, the paper analyses the relation between life satisfaction and BRL in Germany and the United Kingdom with long individual panel data collected with the GSOEP and the BHPS survey. The potential endogeneity bias of the treatment effect is addressed by building a quasi-natural experiment using policy changes as the assignment rule. The results from a variety of different methods suggest that BRL polices generally have a significant positive effect on life satisfaction. Women on BRL have higher life satisfaction, controlling for observable and unobservable personal characteristics. This result is robust to alternative specifications. JEL classification: H53, I16, J38 Keywords: Welfare, subjective well-being, difference-in-difference, birth-related leaves
- Subject
- Economics
- LCCN
- 10.1787/eco_studies-2013-5k3tvtg6fvmq
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-003351
- Title
Using a quasi-natural experiment to identify the effects of birth-related leave policies on subjective well-being in Europe [electronic resource] / Anna Cristina D'Addio ... [et al]
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Economics
- Added Author
D'Addio, Anna Cristina.
Chapple, Simon.
Hoherz, Andreas.
Van Landeghem, Bert.
- Found In:
OECD Journal: Economic Studies Vol. 2013, no. 1, p. 235-268 2013:1<235 1995-2856
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/eco_studies-2013-5k3tvtg6fvmq doi