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Autor/in | Pertold-Gebicka, Barbara |
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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
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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 |