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Barefoot and in a German kitchen: Federal parental leave and benefit policy and the return to work after childbirth in Germany
Spiess, C. Katharina; Ondrich, Jan; Yang, Qing - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 3, pp. 247-266
into a powerful instrument for delaying mothers` return to work after childbirth. Using a flexible duration dependence … (1987, 1990), we estimate post childbirth return to work hazards for women during the federally protected leave protection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622272
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Maternal employment in Scandinavia: A comparison of the after-birth employment activity of Norwegian and Swedish women
RÃnsen, Marit; SundstrÃm, Marianne - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 3, pp. 267-285
A striking characteristic of recent Western labour market trends is the rise in employment among mothers of very young children. So far, few studies have analysed the impact of public policies on employment rates of young mothers. In this study we address this issue by comparing two similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622344
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Causal effects on employment after first birth : a dynamic treatment approach
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013
The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements … very strong negative employment effects after childbirth. Although the employment loss is reduced over the first five years … following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754606
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Job location decisions and the effect of children on the employment gender gap
Albanese, Andrea; Nieto, Adrián; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2022
We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian …, household and regional factors. On the one hand, men do not give up non-local employment after childbirth when they are employed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013258938
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Job location decisions and the effect of children on the employment gender gap
Albanese, Andrea; Nieto, Adrián; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2022
We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian …, household and regional factors. On the one hand, men do not give up non-local employment after childbirth when they are employed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262640
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Mothers in an insider-outsider economy: The puzzle of Spain
Adam, Paula - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 3, pp. 301-323
results show that Spanish mothers fall into two groups: those who do not withdraw from the labor force after childbirth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622304
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Women`s labor force transitions in connection with childbirth: A panel data comparison between Germany, Sweden and Great Britain
Gustafsson, Siv S.; Dex, Shirley; Wetzels, Cécile M. M. P. - In: Journal of Population Economics 9 (1996) 3, pp. 223-246
data sets we known month and year of childbirth and the month to month labor force status of the mother also before giving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005395960
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Female labour market outcomes and the impact of maternity leave policies
Low, Hamish; Sánchez Marcos, Virginia - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-22
This paper shows how family policies aimed at reconciling the pressures of family and work generate substantial variation in labour market outcomes across developed countries. We use a life-cycle model of female labour supply and savings behaviour, calibrated to the US economy, to assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428397
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Causal effects on employment after first birth : a dynamic treatment approach
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Sommerfeld, Katrin; Steffes, Susanne - 2013
The effects of childbirth on future labor market outcomes are a key issue for policy discussion. This paper implements … very strong negative employment effects after childbirth. Although the employment loss is reduced over the first five years … following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221734
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The Impact of Paid Maternity Leave on Labour Market Outcomes
Broadway, Barbara - 2012
I estimate the effect of paid maternity leave on mothers probability of employment after birth, how this effect varies with the age of the child, and the effect on wages when the child is about four years old. A statistical matching approach is applied. The matching procedure controls for an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100747