WORLD Paid Parental Leave, Africa 1995-2022
Description
The WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD) is committed to improving the quantity and quality of globally comparative data available to policymakers, citizens, civil society, and researchers on laws and policies that work to support human rights, including economic opportunity, social and civic engagement, human health, development, well-being, and equity. The WORLD Paid Parental Leave, Africa 1995-2022 dataset was released in partnership with DataFirst. This data was created to use harmonized DHS and MICS surveys to assess the impact of policy change on early childhood outcomes, gender equality, and economic outcomes. Longitudinal data was constructed for more than 20 years for key features of paid maternal and paid paternal leave policies, including duration and wage replacement rate.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Funding
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Hewlett Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dates
- Collected
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1995/2022
References
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- Chai, Y., Ríos-Salas, V., Stek, P. et al. Does Enhancing Paid Maternity Leave Policy Help Promote Gender Equality? Evidence from 31 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Gend. Issues 39, 335–367 (2022). doi 10.1007/s12147-021-09293-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-021-09293-4
- Omidakhsh, N., Sprague, A. and Heymann, J. (2020), Dismantling Restrictive Gender Norms: Can Better Designed Paternal Leave Policies Help? . Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 20: 382-396. doi 10.1111/asap.12205 https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12205
- Chai Y, Nandi A, Heymann JAssociation of increased duration of legislated paid maternity leave with childhood diarrhoea prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries: difference-in-differences analysisJ Epidemiol Community Health 2020;74:437-444. doi 10.1136/jech-2019-212127 https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212127
- Yan Chai, Arijit Nandi, Jody Heymann - Does extending the duration of legislated paid maternity leave improve breastfeeding practices? Evidence from 38 low-income and middle-income countries: BMJ Global Health 2018;3:e001032. doi 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001032 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001032
- Nandi A, Hajizadeh M, Harper S, Koski A, Strumpf EC, et al. (2016) Increased Duration of Paid Maternity Leave Lowers Infant Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Quasi-Experimental Study. PLOS Medicine 13(3): e1001985. doi 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001985 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001985
- Quamruzzaman A, Mendoza JM, Heymann SJ, Kaufman JS, and Nandi A. Are Tuition-Free Primary Education Policies Associated with Lower Infant and Neonatal Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries? Social Science & Medicine. 2014; 120: 153-159. doi 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.016