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The effect on women’s health of extending parental leave: a quasi-experimental registry-based cohort study
Originally published 2022-10-14 · International Journal of Epidemiology
Oxford University Press · DOI 10.1093/ije/dyac198 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Uses a historical six-week leave extension to examine long-term psychiatric diagnoses, adding a stronger policy-design perspective while retaining the outcome’s clinical limits.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
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What can a leave reform tell us about long-term support for mothers?
Uses a historical six-week leave extension to examine long-term psychiatric diagnoses, adding a stronger policy-design perspective while retaining the outcome’s clinical limits.
Study context
291,152 women giving birth in Denmark in 1981–1987, followed in national registers.
Age / stage: Adult mothers followed for up to 30 years.
Read with three questions
- How did the 1984 eligibility cutoff create the policy comparison?
- How large were the absolute differences in psychiatric diagnoses over time?
- Why does a first inpatient diagnosis miss many forms of distress and support?
Keep the limits in view
The design concerns a historical Danish reform and inpatient diagnoses; assumptions around the cutoff and transfer to today’s employers require scrutiny.
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Emilie Courtin; Andreas Rieckmann; Jessica Bengtsson; Vahe Nafilyan; Maria Melchior; Lisa Berkman; Naja Hulvej Rod (2022). The effect on women’s health of extending parental leave: a quasi-experimental registry-based cohort study International Journal of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac198
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