Family-Friendly Workplace Policies.

Autor/inn/en	Costas-Fernández, Julián; Findeisen, Sebastian; Raute, Anna; Schönberg, Uta
Institution	Rockwool Foundation Berlin; Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (London)
Titel	Family-Friendly Workplace Policies. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Richtlinien für einen familienfreundlichen Arbeitsplatz.
Quelle	Berlin (2026), 67 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series. 2026,141
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie
Schlagwörter	Familie; Kinderzahl; Mutter; Frau; Kinderbetreuung; Betriebliche Sozialpolitik; Geburtenhäufigkeit; Einkommenseffekt; Lohnhöhe; Unternehmensgröße; Beruf; Berufsbiografie; Berufsrückkehr; Berufsverlauf; Erwerbstätiger; Mitarbeiterbindung; Qualifikation; Fachkraft; Arbeitspapier; Auswirkung; IAB-Betriebspanel; IAB-Linked-Employer-Employee-Datensatz; Hoch Qualifizierter; Deutschland
Abstract	"This paper examines firms' incentives to provide workplace amenities, focusing on employer-provided childcare, and the implications for gender inequality. Using rich matched employer-employee data linked to a comprehensive firm survey in Germany, we document substantial and persistent effects of employer-provided childcare on mothers' labor market trajectories. Firms that offer childcare experience higher retention rates and notably shorter career interruptions among first-time mothers, especially those with high pre-birth wages, resulting in meaningful reductions in child penalties of 4.7 percentage points for high-wage mothers. The adoption of firm provided childcare is also associated with stronger employment growth -particularly among mothers and female talent in high-wage occupations-without systematic adverse wage effects for women or mothers. Our findings align with models of imperfect competition, indicating that firms with greater monopsony power have stronger incentives to provide valuable workplace amenities. While firm-provided childcare plays a critical role in reducing gender gaps within firms, our findings also show that access to these benefits is uneven, widening disparities among women and mothers across firms." The study refers to the period 2002-2016 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4