Taking 4 weeks of parental leave during a child’s first year decreases fathers’ future earnings by 1% to 3%, with the effects lasting at least 5 years, according to a study of Norway’s paternity-leave policy by Mari Rege and Ingeborg F. Solli of the University of Stavanger. The effect is apparently due to fathers’ shifting their time and effort from their jobs to their homes while their children are young, rather than to any perception on employers’ part that the fathers are less reliable or less devoted to their work, the researchers say.
Source: The Impact of Paternity Leave on Fathers' Future Earnings
