Gender Gaps in Labor Informality: The Motherhood Effect

Inés Berniell, Lucila Berniell, Dolores de la Mata, María Edo and Mariana Marchionni

No 1669, Research Department working papers from CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica

Abstract: We estimate the short- and long-run labor market impacts of parenthood in a developing country, Chile, based on an eventstudy approach around the birth of the first child. We assess mechanisms behind these effects based on a model economy and find that: (i) informal jobs’ flexible working hours prevent some women from leaving the labor market upon motherhood, (ii) improving the quality of social protection of formal jobs tempers this increase in informality. Our results suggest that mothers find in informal jobs the flexibility needed for family-work balance, although it comes at the cost of deteriorating their labor market prospects.

Keywords: Banca de desarrollo; Desarrollo; Economía; Familia; Género; Investigación socioeconómica; Mujer; Pobreza; Políticas públicas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Journal Article: Gender gaps in labor informality: The motherhood effect (2021)
Working Paper: Gender Gaps in Labor Informality: The Motherhood Effect (2019)
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