This paper studies the return-to-job of female employees after first birth based on exceptional longitudinal data from personnel records of a large German company. Given a very long maternity leave coverage, we investigate to what extent data available to management allow to predict the...

Dieser Bericht präsentiert Ergebnisse der quantitativen und qualitativen Evaluation des ESF-Modellprogramms 'Perspektive Wiedereinstieg' (PWE) durch das IAB. Ziel des Programms ist es, den Wiedereinstieg ins Berufsleben nach einer mehr als dreijährigen familienbedingten Erwerbsunterbrechung zu...

Numerous studies have investigated whether the provision and generosity of parental leave affects the employment and career prospects of women. Parental leave systems typically provide either short unpaid leave mandated by the firm, as in the US, or more generous and universal leave mandated by...