Employer Responses to Family Leave Programs

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Search frictions make worker turnover costly to firms. A three-month parental leave expansion in Sweden provides exogenous variation that we use quantify firms’ adjustment costs upon absence. The reform increased women’s duration and likelihood of separating from pre-birth employers. Firms with greater exposure the hired additional workers coworkers it coworkers’ hours, incurring wage corresponding 10 full-time equivalent months addition replacing workers. These varied by availability internal substitutes. We also analyze a daddy-month find similar employer responses male workers’ leave, albeit smaller magnitude. (JEL J16, J22, J32, J64, M52)

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['1945-7782', '1945-7790']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200448