Maternity leave in the context of couples: The impact of both partners' characteristics and employment experiences on mothers' re-entry into the labour market
This research examines re-entry into the labour force for mothers after maternity leave. The empirical analysis focuses on the first twenty-two years of post-reunification Germany, using proportional hazards models. Results show that the re-entry into part-time employment is primarily affected by the mother's own resources and former career, the return to full-time work is more linked to the partner's resources. This behaviour is especially prevalent in families where the mother has a higher earning potential than the father, a group having the highest re-entry chances into full-time employment. The results concerning experiences of unemployment for the male partner show that mothers try to compensate uncertainties with increased labour force participation.
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2014
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Authors: | Hoherz, Stefanie |
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Berlin : Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) |
Subject: | maternal employment | added-worker effect | proportional hazard | Germany |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 784806950 [GVK] hdl:10419/96501 [Handle] |
Classification: | D13 - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search |
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