In The Netherlands a similar law was put in effect in July 2020. I'll reap the benefits of this very soon (my partner is due tomorrow). I don't believe its fully paid though (IIRC 70%). Before this it was two days. TWO days!
This is our second child, and from the first one I know I still had lack of sleep the first 48 hours. The first week is the roughest (especially for two autistic parents an absolute hell with lack of sleep plus all kind of new stimuli), with the following months almost as severe. I believe it is incredibly woman unfriendly (I'd even call it misogynist) to give men no time from work.
On the father and mother this leads to less fatigue, burn-out, and on long-term better output. For the child, I believe its difficult to see the effect on this on short-term. For example, the effect of father-child bonding might not be seen on the short-term, and its also no guarantee, so you'd end up with some kind of correlation in a study. Proving a causation on this is going to be difficult.
This is our second child, and from the first one I know I still had lack of sleep the first 48 hours. The first week is the roughest (especially for two autistic parents an absolute hell with lack of sleep plus all kind of new stimuli), with the following months almost as severe. I believe it is incredibly woman unfriendly (I'd even call it misogynist) to give men no time from work.
On the father and mother this leads to less fatigue, burn-out, and on long-term better output. For the child, I believe its difficult to see the effect on this on short-term. For example, the effect of father-child bonding might not be seen on the short-term, and its also no guarantee, so you'd end up with some kind of correlation in a study. Proving a causation on this is going to be difficult.