Volume 14 - Article 4 | Pages 51–70
Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden
| Date received: | 29 Sep 2005 |
| Date published: | 27 Jan 2006 |
| Word count: | 3977 |
| Keywords: | fertility, fertility determinants, fertility trends, impacts of family policies, institutional effects, Sweden |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.4 |
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 - Stockholms Universitet, Sweden
Jan M. Hoem - Stockholms Universitet, Sweden
Ann-Zofie Duvander - Stockholms Universitet, Sweden
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