Fatherhood and wage inequality in Britain, Finland, and Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigates whether and how fatherhood shapes the wage distribution in Britain, Finland, and Germany.

Background

Existing research debates whether fatherhood is associated with greater wages. However, it remains unclear whether the association between fatherhood and wages varies along the wage distribution as well as institutional contexts. To explore this, we compare three countries that differ in their wage bargaining institutions and family policies.

Method

We use unconditional quantile regression on longitudinal data from the 1995 to 2016 waves of the Finnish Linked Employer Employee data, German Socio-Economic Panel, and UK Longitudinal Household Study. To control for selection into fatherhood, we combine quantile regressions with fixed effe

SUBMITTER: Icardi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292225 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature