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Paid Parental Leave and Female Labour Supply: A Review
Author(s) -
Kalb Guyonne
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/1475-4932.12371
Subject(s) - parental leave , generosity , context (archaeology) , payment , demographic economics , labour economics , duration (music) , labour supply , paid work , economics , business , work (physics) , political science , working hours , geography , law , engineering , mechanical engineering , art , literature , archaeology , finance
This review is based on the international and Australian literature on paid parental leave. It does not aim to be exhaustive but focuses on the impact paid parental leave has on the labour force participation of mothers in developed countries. Four aspects of paid parental leave are explored, including the impacts of: introducing paid parental leave; changing the duration of existing paid parental leave; changing the generosity of existing paid parental leave payments; and paid paternity leave. It interprets the implications in the context of Australia, and includes descriptive information on the recent and current situation in Australia.