the case of Germany, a country with a long maternity leave coverage. Effect heterogeneity is assessed by estimating ex … following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is … especially high for medium-skilled mothers with long prebirth employment experience. We find a significant reduction in the …

When estimating the determinants of child care participation, the simultaneity in mothers' decision to work and in the … care use accounting for the endogeneity of mothers' labor supply by applying an instrumental variables approach. This … strongly connected to mothers' decision to work after childbirth and vice versa. Based on the German Socio-economic Panel …

mothers are higher in France than in Germany. Since the sample of mothers deciding on employment after a child is born might … characteristics appear to affect both the birth and the employment decisions in a different way in France and Germany. Some of the …

. This study presents a detailed model for the du- ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition …- rived from large linked administrative individual labour market data from Germany for a period of three decades. We obtain …

duration from two to six months in 1979 and mothers' post-birth long-term sickness absence over a period of three decades after … childbirth. Using a regression discontinuity design, we first show that the leave extension caused mothers to significantly delay …-term sickness absence of returned mothers who gave birth before and after the change in leave legislation. Our findings suggest that …

Arbeitsangebots, den Umfang externer Betreuung und die Intensität der Kinderbetreuung in der Familie entscheiden. Simulationen auf … außerhalb der Familie. Zwar verbessert sich die Einkommensposition bildungsferner Familien, ein Betreuungsgeld behindert bei … policy ; Germany …