Female labour supply and parental leave benefits – the causal effect of paying higher transfers for a shorter period of time
Female labour supply and parental leave benefits – the causal effect of paying higher transfers for a shorter period of time
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女性劳动力供给和育儿假福利——在更短的时间内支付更高转移支付的因果效应
DOI:
10.1080/13504850903425173
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
R. Riphahn
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文献类型:
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作者:
A. Bergemann;R. Riphahn
We study the labour supply effects of a major change in child-subsidy policy in Germany in 2007 designed to increase both fertility and shorten birth-related employment interruptions. The reform involved a move from a means-tested maternity leave benefit system that paid a maximum of 300 Euro for up to 2 years to a benefit system that replaced two-thirds of pre-birth earnings for at most 1 year. As the reform took place very recently, we estimate the labour supply effect by using data drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) on the intention of women to return to the labour market. Our results show that the reform yields most of the intended effects: the fraction of mothers who plan to return to the labour market within a year after the interview increased by 14 percentage points.