Motherhood and Constraints during Job Search.

Autor/inn/en	Skandalis, Daphné; Philippe, Arnaud
Institution	Rockwool Foundation Berlin; Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (London)
Titel	Motherhood and Constraints during Job Search. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Mutterschaft und Einschränkungen bei der Arbeitssuche.
Quelle	Berlin (2026), 24 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series. 2026,129
Beigaben	Anhang
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie
Schlagwörter	Mutter; Frau; Schulreform; Eltern; Kinderbetreuung; Einkommenseffekt; Arbeitsmarktchance; Arbeitsplatzverlust; Arbeitssuche; Bewerbungsverhalten; Erwerbstätiger; Jobbörse; Berufliche Reintegration; Zeitbudget; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; Frankreich
Abstract	"Why do women's labor earnings drop upon motherhood? We shed new light on this question by analyzing the changes in job search behavior associated with motherhood. We exploit data on the job applications sent on a popular online platform linked with administrative registers for 350,000 involuntarily unemployed workers in France. After losing their job, mothers have a 11.7% lower probability to find a job than similar women without children and send 12.2% fewer job applications. To explore the underlying mechanisms, we analyze the timing of job applications. Unlike other women, mothers' rate of applications decreases by about 20.5% in the hours when there is no school. Moreover, the French reform that introduced school on Wednesday in 2014 led mothers to send more applications on Wednesdays. Our results highlight that childcare creates constraints on the timing of job search activities for mothers. We finally provide suggestive evidence that these constraints decrease their return-to-search, and thereby contribute to their lower application and job finding rates." The study refers to the period 2013-2016 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4