Fathers Taking Leave: Evaluating the Impact of Shared Parental Leave in the UK
Fathers Taking Leave: Evaluating the Impact of Shared Parental Leave in the UK
We study the effect of the introduction in 2015 of UK Shared Parental Leave policy on the up-take and the length of leave taken by fathers. Using the UK Household Longitudinal Study and Regression Discontinuity in Time, we show that the reform has not affected uptake or length of parental leave reinforcing questions as to its effectiveness.