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Does it pay to be a woman? : labour demand effects of maternity-related job protection and replacement incomes

Scheubel, Beatrice - 2014

In countries with strong employment protection laws it is often considered to be unwise to hire a woman in childbearing age because she might get pregnant. However, such labour demand e ects of job protection measures related to maternity leave are often rather anecdotal. To provide analytical...

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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 … fertility up to 5 years post reform. In addition to demonstrating an up to 22% increase in the fertility of tertiary educated … versus low educated women, I find a positive, statistically significant effect of increased benefits on fertility, driven …

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Costs and benefits of investing in transformative care policy packages : a macrosimulation study in 82 countries

De Henau, Jérôme - 2022

This study examines the annual investment required for universal, collectively funded childcare and longterm care services, as well as adequate paid care leave and breastfeeding breaks to parents in 82 countries. Simulations of policy reforms show that extending paid leave and breastfeeding...

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The politics of parental leave policies : children, parenting, gender and the labour market

Kamerman, Sheila B. (contributor); Moss, Peter (contributor) - 2009

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Australia: the difficult birth of paid maternity leave

Brennan, Deborah - In: The politics of parental leave policies : children, …, (pp. 15-31). 2009

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Canada and Québec: two policies, one country

Doucet, Andrea; McKay, Lindsey; Tremblay, Diane Gabrielle - In: The politics of parental leave policies : children, …, (pp. 33-50). 2009

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Czech Republic: normative or choice-oriented system?

Kocourková, Jiřina - In: The politics of parental leave policies : children, …, (pp. 51-67). 2009

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Estonia: halfway from the Soviet Union to the Nordic countries

Karu, Marre; Pall, Katre - In: The politics of parental leave policies : children, …, (pp. 69-85). 2009

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Finland: negotiating tripartite compromises

Lammi-Taskula, Johanna; Takala, Pentti - In: The politics of parental leave policies : children, …, (pp. 87-102). 2009

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France: gender equality a pipe dream?

Fagnani, Jeanne; Math, Antoine - In: The politics of parental leave policies : children, …, (pp. 103-117). 2009

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