Research Paper

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

By Joanna Clifton-Sprigg, Eleonora Fichera, Ezgi Kaya and Melanie Jones

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Publication date
Series or book
IZA Discussion Papers
Series or chapter number
17076
Pages
pp. 1–20
Publisher
IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Summary

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.

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