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Can Financial Incentives Reduce the Baby Gap? Evidence from a Reform in Maternity Leave Benefits
Raute, Anna - 2017
To assess whether earnings-dependent maternity leave positively impacts fertility and narrows the baby gap between high … educated (high earning) and low educated (low earning) women, I exploit a major maternity leave benefit reform in Germany that … fertility up to 5 years post reform. In addition to demonstrating an up to 22% increase in the fertility of tertiary educated …
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The Economic Consequences of Family Policies : Lessons from a Century of Legislation in High-Income Countries
Olivetti, Claudia - 2017
at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965415
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Child Penalties Across Countries : Evidence and Explanations
Kleven, Henrik - 2019
This paper provides evidence on child penalties in female and male earnings in different countries. The estimates are based on event studies around the birth of the first child, using the specification proposed by Kleven et al. (2018). The analysis reveals some striking similarities in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893143
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Peer Effects in Program Participation
Dahl, Gordon B. - 2012
The influence of peers could play an important role in the take up of social programs. However, estimating peer effects has proven challenging given the problems of reflection, correlated unobservables, and endogenous group membership. We overcome these identification issues in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104395
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Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental Leave Reform
Danzer, Natalia - 2013
This paper investigates the question whether long-term human capital outcomes are affected by the duration of maternity leave, i.e. by the time mothers spend at home with their newborn before returning to work. Employing RD and difference-in-difference approaches, this paper exploits an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075860
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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 - 2012
This analysis uses March Current Population Survey data from 1999-2010 and a differences-in-differences approach to examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013113097
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The Returns to Nursing : Evidence from a Parental Leave Program
Friedrich, Benjamin - 2017
Nurses comprise the largest health profession. In this paper, we measure the effect of nurses on health care delivery and patient health outcomes across sectors. Our empirical strategy takes advantage of a parental leave program, which led to a sudden, unintended, and persistent 12% reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962725
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Does Career Risk Deter Potential Entrepreneurs?
Gottlieb, Joshua D. - 2019
Do potential entrepreneurs remain in wage employment because of concerns that they will face worse job opportunities should their entrepreneurial ventures fail? Using a Canadian reform that extended job-protected leave to one year for women giving birth after a cutoff date, we study whether the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903089
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Gender in the Labor Market : The Role of Equal Opportunity and Family-Friendly Policies
Doran, Elizabeth - 2018
Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women's career trajectories diverge from men's after the birth of children, suggesting a potential role for family-friendly policies. We provide new evidence on employer provision of these policies. Using the American Time Use Survey, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906319
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Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking
Han, WenJui - 2010
Utilizing data from the June Current Population Survey (CPS) Fertility Supplement merged with data from other months of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759647