The effects of parental leave on child health and postnatal care: evidence from Australia
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Article Title | The effects of parental leave on child health and postnatal care: evidence from Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 18341 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Khanam, Rasheda (Author), Nghiem, Son (Author) and Connelly, Luke (Author) |
Journal Title | Economic Analysis and Policy |
Journal Citation | 49 (2016), pp. 17-29 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0313-5926 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2015.09.005 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0313592615300448 |
Abstract | One of the arguments that is advanced in support of paid maternity leave policies is that the mother’s time away from work, around childbirth, is expected to improve child health and development. However the research evidence on these links is scarce and, until recently,little was known about the link, if any, between child health and parental leave in particular. Using an extended random effects estimator to control for selection bias and unobserved heterogeneity, we employ micro-level data from the Parental Leave in Australia Survey,which is a nested survey of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, to examine the |
Keywords | parental leave; child health; postnatal care; Australia |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380111. Labour economics |
380108. Health economics | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Commerce |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3485/the-effects-of-parental-leave-on-child-health-and-postnatal-care-evidence-from-australia
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