TY  - JOUR
A1  - Andersson, Gunnar
A1  - Hoem, Jan M.
A1  - Duvander , Ann-Zofie
T1  - Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden
Y1  - 2006/01/27
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 51
EP  - 70
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.4
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/4/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/4/14-4.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol14/4/14-4.pdf
N2  - 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.

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