dc.contributor.author
Regueiro-Ons, Camila
dc.contributor.author
González López-Valcárcel, Beatriz
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Pinilla Domínguez, Jaime
dc.date.accessioned
2025-11-20T10:13:14Z
dc.date.available
2025-11-20T10:13:14Z
dc.date.issued
2025-11-18T10:51:33Z
dc.date.issued
2025-11-18T10:51:33Z
dc.identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10230/71915
dc.identifier.uri
https://hdl.handle.net/10230/71915
dc.description.abstract
This paper examines the effects of paternity leave on maternal postpartum health. Using administrative data and a difference-in-discontinuities design, we compare mothers in households with likely eligible fathers to comparable control groups, accounting for seasonal variation around the implementation cutoffs. The results show limited effects on overall healthcare use and physical health during the first nine months after childbirth. However, we find suggestive evidence of significant improvements in maternal mental health following the most recent expansion of paternity leave. A better labor market attachment seems to be one potential mechanism.
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application/pdf
dc.rights
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.
dc.rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject
Paternity leave
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Parental leave
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Maternal health
dc.title
Does daddy heal mommy?: paternity leave and maternal postpartum health
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
