Female labor supply and parental leave benefits: The causal effect of paying higher transfers for a shorter period of time
We study the labor supply effects of a major change in child-subsidy policy in Germany in 2007 designed to both increase fertility and shorten birth-related employment interruptions. The reform involved a move from a means-tested maternity leave benefit system that paid a maximum of 300 Euro for up to two years to an income dependent benefit system that replaced two third of the pre-birth income for at most one year. As the reform took place very recently, we estimate the labor supply effect by using data drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel on the intention of women to return to the labor market; notably whether women are likely to return and whether they intend to return quickly. Our results show that the reform yields most of the intended effects: The fraction of mothers who responded that they were going to return to the labor market within a year since the interview increased by 14 percentage points.
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2009
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Authors: | Bergemann, Annette ; Riphahn, Regina T. |
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Uppsala : Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU) |
Subject: | Elternzeit | Wirkungsanalyse | Frauenerwerbstätigkeit | Arbeitsangebot | Deutschland | Female labor supply | fertility | child subsidy | parents money |
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Series: | Working Paper ; 2009:5 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 59350075X [GVK] hdl:10419/45709 [Handle] |
Classification: | J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure |
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