Fam pat leave amount

Quick info
Data type	String
Scale	String
Value labels	[digit] % of earnings
Technical name	fam_pat_leave_amount
Category	Family and gender policies
Label	Amount of paternity leave benefit (in original units)
Related indicators	fam_pat_leave_amount_ceiling

Amount of paternity leave benefit

Coding rules

This variable provides detailed information about the amount of paid paternity leave benefit, preserving the original coding from national legislation texts as much as possible. Most entries are coded as “[digit] % of earnings”. However, some cases are coded as flat rates (e.g. Denmark), or minimum wages (Australia).

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Project manager(s): Martin Gurín, Keonhi Son, Aysegül Kayaoglu, Tobias Böger, Anh Tran, and Sonja Drobnič (A06)

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Sources

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