Chirkova, Serafima - In: IZA journal of labor policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-27
studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform … benefits to estimate the impact of the reform. I incorporated the mother’s decision to substitute her care time with the public … after the reform implementation. Only for high-income mothers, the reform produced a significant decrease in the employment …