Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden

Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden

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In Sweden, parents receive a parental-leave allowance of a high percentage (currently 80%) of their honda weathershields 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 hp 27xq change in behavior was adopted in various social strata of the Swedish population.