Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage and Children's Long-Term Outcomes
Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage and Children's Long-Term Outcomes
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DOI：
10.1257/app.4.3.190
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发表时间：
2012-07-01
影响因子：
6.2
通讯作者：
Schoenberg, Uta
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作者：
Dustmann, Christian;Schoenberg, Uta
本文评估了德国产假覆盖率的三次重大扩张对儿童长期结局的影响。为了确定改革的因果影响，我们使用了一个差异中的差异设计，比较了政策变化年份和没有发生变化的年份中产假立法变化前后不久出生的孩子的结果。我们发现，没有支持的假设，扩大休假覆盖面改善儿童的结果，尽管有很大的影响，母亲的返回工作行为后分娩。
This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in maternity leave coverage in Germany on children's long-run outcomes. To identify the causal impact of the reforms, we use a difference-in-difference design that compares outcomes of children born shortly before and shortly after a change in maternity leave legislation in years of policy changes, and in years when no changes have taken place. We find no support for the hypothesis that the expansions in leave coverage improved children's outcomes, despite a strong impact on mothers' return to work behavior after childbirth.