Natalia Danzer|Victor Lavy
Paid Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes
Ifo Institute for Economic Research|University of Warwick
article investigates whether schooling outcomes age 15 affected duration maternity leave ie time mothers spend home newborn returning work exploit unanticipated reform austria extended maximum duration paid job protected parental leave 12 24 months births 1 july 1990 using pisa data cohorts 1990 1987 find significant overall impact parental leave extension standardised test scores however subgroup analyses reveal strong heterogeneity maternal education child gender