Parental Leave and Child Health Across OECD Countries
利用18个OECD国家1969-2000年的数据，研究带薪和不带薪育儿假对婴儿死亡率、低出生体重和免疫覆盖率的影响，并考察家庭现金福利等社会政策的作用。
To understand the relationship between parental leave and child health better, this study examines the aggregate effects of parental leave policies on child health outcomes using data from 18 OECD countries -super-1 from 1969-2000. The focus is investigating the effects of both job-protected paid leave and other leave - including non-job-protected paid leave and unpaid leave - on child health outcomes, more specifically, infant mortality rates, low birth weight and child immunisation coverage. This study explores the effects of other social policies related to families and young children, such as public expenditures on family cash benefits, family allowances, and family services per child, on child health outcomes. Copyright 2005 Royal Economic Society.