Gunnar Andersson
Jan M. Hoem
Ann-Zofie Duvander

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/4/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.4

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Abstract

In Sweden, parents receive a parental-leave allowance of a high percentage (currently 80%) of their pre-birth salary for about a year in connection with any birth. If they space their births sufficiently closely, they avoid a reduction in the allowance caused by any reduced income earned between the births. The gain is popularly called a “speed premium”. In previous work we have shown that childbearing was sped up correspondingly. This is clear evidence of a causal effect of a policy change on childbearing behavior. In the present paper, we study how this change in behavior was adopted in various social strata of the Swedish population.

Author's affiliation
Gunnar Andersson
Stockholm University, Sweden
Jan M. Hoem
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany
Ann-Zofie Duvander
Statistics Sweden, Sweden

Keywords
fertility, fertility determinants, fertility trends, impacts of family policies, institutional effects, Sweden

Word count (Main text)
3977

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