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The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany

Hanel, Barbara; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives …

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Where Are the Babies? Labor Market Conditions and Fertility in Europe

Adsera, Alicia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Cross-country differences in both the age at first birth and fertility are substantial in Europe. The paper uses the European Community Household Panel 1994-2000 to investigate the relationship between unemployment of both women (and their spouses) with the timing and number of children....

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Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools

Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Sojourner, Aaron J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper studies the relationship between teacher unionization and student achievement. Generally stable patterns of teacher unionization since the 1970s have historically presented challenges in measuring the effects of unionization on educational production. However, the blossoming of the...

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The Effect of Paid Parental Leave on Child Health in Australia

Broadway, Barbara; Kalb, Guyonne; Kuehnle, Daniel; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Providing mothers with access to paid parental leave may be an important public policy to improve child and maternal … information on children's health, family background, mothers' pre-birth work histories and mothers' health behaviours during …

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Maternity Leave Legislation, Female Labor Supply, and the Family Wage Gap

Schönberg, Uta; Ludsteck, Johannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper analyzes the impact of expansions in leave coverage on mothers’ labor market outcomes after childbirth. The …

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The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes

Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following … weekly work hours of employed mothers of one-to-three year-old children by 6 to 9% and that their wage incomes may have risen …

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Work and Wage Dynamics around Childbirth

Ejrnæs, Mette; Kunze, Astrid - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …

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Market Work and Motherhood Decisions in Contexts

Del Boca, Daniela; Pasqua, Silvia; Pronzato, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In this paper, we explore the impact of social policies and labour market characteristics on women’s decisions regarding work and childbearing, using data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). We estimate the two decisions jointly and, in addition to personal characteristics,...

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Does Parental Leave Affect Fertility and Return-to-Work? Evidence from a "True Natural Experiment"

Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

face (almost) identical environmental conditions. We find that treated mothers have a 4.9 percentage points (or 15 percent … the policy change. We also find that parental leave rules have a strong effect on mothers’ return-to-work behavior. Per … additional months of maximum parental leave duration, mothers’ time off work is reduced by 0.4 to 0.5 months. The effects of a …

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Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Care and Education

Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper critically reviews what we know about the long-term effects of parental leave and early childhood education programs. We find only limited evidence that expansions of parental leave durations improved long-run educational or labor market outcomes of the children whose parents were...

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