Schönberg, U;
Ludsteck, J;
(2014)
Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage and Mothers' Labor Market Outcomes after Childbirth.
Journal of Labor Economics
, 32
(3)
pp. 469-505.
10.1086/675078.
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Abstract
This article analyzes the impact of five major expansions in maternity leave coverage in Germany on mothers’ labor market outcomes after childbirth. To identify the causal impact of the reforms, we use a difference-in-difference design that compares labor market outcomes of mothers who give birth shortly before and shortly after a change in maternity leave legislation in years of policy changes and years when no changes have taken place. Each expansion in leave coverage reduced mothers’ postbirth employment rates in the short run. The longer-run effects of the expansions on mothers’ postbirth labor market outcomes are, however, small.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage and Mothers' Labor Market Outcomes after Childbirth |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1086/675078 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1086/675078 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1413699 |
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