Short-Run and Long-Term Effects of Childbirth on Mothers’ Employment and Working Hours Across Institutional Regimes: An Empirical Analysis Based on the European Community Household Panel

Johannes Geyer and Viktor Steiner ()
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Viktor Steiner: Free University of Berlin

No 2693, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The employment behavior of mothers is strongly influenced by labor market regulations and certain institutional arrangements, which both vary greatly across European countries. Using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) 1994-2001 for Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct ‘institutional regimes’, we estimate the short-run and long-term effects of childbirth on married women’s employment and working hours. Estimation results show that these effects vary across the four countries in accordance with prevailing institutional regulations.

Keywords: childbirth; labor supply; employment and working hours; European Community Household Panel; panel data models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 J13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2007-03
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