Parental leave length and mothers' careers. What can be inferred from occupational allocation?

Autor/in	Pertold-Gebicka, Barbara
Titel	Parental leave length and mothers' careers. What can be inferred from occupational allocation? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Länge der Elternzeit und die Karriere von Müttern. Was kann aus der Berufsstruktur geschlossen werden?
Quelle	In: Applied economics, 52 (2020) 9, S. 879-904 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-6846; 1466-4283
DOI	10.1080/00036846.2019.1646870
Schlagwörter	Mutter; Elterngeld; Elternzeit; Reformpolitik; Einkommenseffekt; Beruflicher Wiedereinstieg; Berufsstruktur; Qualifikationsstruktur; Erwerbsunterbrechung; Dauer; Auswirkung; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	This paper shows that the time spent on parental leave affects mothers' careers several years after childbirth. It also shows that policy-relevant conclusions can be drawn from occupational allocation data even in the absence of individual wage or earnings information. I take advantage of a legislative reform that changed the duration of parental benefit payments effective in the Czech Republic in 2008. Introducing the possibility of the flexible timing of benefit collection over the period of 2'4 years, as opposed to the only option of 4 years before, the reform significantly increased the share of mothers returning to work before their youngest child turns four. This further translates to increased representation of employed mothers in high-skilled occupations and increases the average occupation wage of the affected mothers 6 to 8 years after childbirth. These findings indicate that shorter leaves are beneficial for mothers' careers, at least in the medium run. (Author's Abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/3