Peer Effects in Program Participation

American Economic Review - Tập 104 Số 7 - Trang 2049-2074 - 2014
Gordon B. Dahl1, Katrine Vellesen Løken2, Magne Mogstad3
1Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, No. 0508, La Jolla, CA 92093 (e-mail: )
2Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Postboks 7802, 5020 Bergen, Norway (e-mail: )
3Department of Economics, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, and Research Department, Statistics Norway (e-mail: )

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We estimate peer effects in paid paternity leave in Norway using a regression discontinuity design. Coworkers and brothers are 11 and 15 percentage points, respectively, more likely to take paternity leave if their peer was exogenously induced to take up leave. The most likely mechanism is information transmission, including increased knowledge of how an employer will react. The estimated peer effect snowballs over time, as the first peer interacts with a second peer, the second peer with a third, and so on. This leads to long-run participation rates which are substantially higher than would otherwise be expected. (JEL J13, J16, J18, K31, M52, Z13)

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American Economic Review

Tập 104 Số 7

2049-2074

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