A Flying Start? Maternity Leave Benefits and Long-Run Outcomes of Children
利用挪威产假改革，发现母亲获得带薪产假使孩子高中辍学率降低2个百分点，30岁时工资提高5%，对原本休假少的母亲影响更大。
We study a change in maternity leave entitlements in Norway. Mothers giving birth before July 1, 1977, were eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave, while those giving birth after that date were entitled to 4 months of paid leave and 12 months of unpaid leave. The increased time spent with the child led to a 2 percentage point decline in high school dropout rates and a 5 percent increase in wages at age 30. These effects were larger for the children of mothers who, in the absence of the reform, would have taken very low levels of unpaid leave.