The Effect of Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage on Children´s Long-Term Outcomes

This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in leave coverage in Germany on the long-run education and labor market outcomes of children. Evaluation of three policy reforms as opposed to a single reform enables us to analyze whether the impact of paid leave differs from that of unpaid leave, and whether an expansion of a relatively short leave period is more beneficial to child development than an expansion of an already long leave period[...]

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Year of publication:	2008-07-01
Authors:	Dustmann, Christian ; Schönberg, Uta
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour Market \| Gehalt \| wage \| Bildung \| education \| éducation \| Entwicklung / Kind \| child development \| Mutterschutz \| Maternity protection

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Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3605 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	H52 - Government Expenditures and Education ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation ; Personnel management, Personnel planning and Personnel development ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; GERMANY
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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