Kan föräldraförsäkringen påverka könslönegapet?
(2020) NEKH03 20192Department of Economics
- Abstract
- The aim of this study is to examine if the gender wage gap is affected by how generous parental- and paternity leave policies are. Previous papers have shown that women and men are affected differently after becoming parents. While women see a penalty in the labour market, men’s wages tend to increase. (Budig, 2014). This phenomenon is called the family gap and historical research stress it as one underlying cause to the gender wage gap. A way to decrease the family gap, and further the gender wage gap, could be the parental leave and its design. To investigate the relationship between the gender wage gap and paternity leave, panel data over 15 OECD members and a time period of 10 years (2006-2016) are used. The results differ from... (More)
- The aim of this study is to examine if the gender wage gap is affected by how generous parental- and paternity leave policies are. Previous papers have shown that women and men are affected differently after becoming parents. While women see a penalty in the labour market, men’s wages tend to increase. (Budig, 2014). This phenomenon is called the family gap and historical research stress it as one underlying cause to the gender wage gap. A way to decrease the family gap, and further the gender wage gap, could be the parental leave and its design. To investigate the relationship between the gender wage gap and paternity leave, panel data over 15 OECD members and a time period of 10 years (2006-2016) are used. The results differ from previous research and show that an increase of paternity leave effects the gender wage gap negatively. However, the results from the second method lack significance which indicates a need for further research. (Less)
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- author
- Hjortsäter, Cajsa LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKH03 20192
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- gender wage gap, family gap, parental leave
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9005459
- date added to LUP
- 2020-04-07 12:24:17
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