Gender-Specific Duration of Parental Leave and Current Earnings

Benedikt Gerst and Christian Grund
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Benedikt Gerst: RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Christian Grund: RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Work, Employment & Society, 2023, vol. 37, issue 1, 215-235

Abstract: Although male employees are increasingly making use of parental leave, gender differences in both usage and duration of parental leave are still prevalent. Based on signalling theory and the masculinities concept, the article explores the role of gender in the relationship between the incidence/duration of parental leave and wages/compensation after returning to a job. It is shown that pay gaps associated with parental leave are much more severe for male than they are for female middle managers in the German chemical industry.

Keywords: compensation; earnings; gender; parental leave; signalling; wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/09500170221090163

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