Ejrnæs, Mette; Kunze, Astrid - Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (CAM), Økonomisk … - 2004
We use a rich longitudinal data set for West Germany to disentangle the wage effects for female workers around first birth. Data on daily real wages reveal a dip in women’s real wages shortly before giving birth and a drop of 10 to 20 percent after finishing maternity leave and returning to...