The likelihood and timing of mothers returning to work after parental leave

Youjin Choi

Economic and Social Reports from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch

Abstract: This study aims to examine the likelihood and timing of mothers returning to work after parental leave (or a break from work), using data from the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey. Focusing on mothers with an infant younger than 12 months who worked as a paid employee before childbirth or adoption and took a break following childbirth or adoption, this study analyzed two binary indicators of returning to work after parental leave: whether a mother returned to work or planned to return to work (1) within any known length of leave or (2) within 12 months of leave. Mothers’ individual and job characteristics and return-to-work rates were compared between the 2009 and 2019 cohorts of mothers. This study found differential changes between the 2009 and 2019 cohorts in return-to-work likelihood and timing by certain individual and job characteristics. Further analysis delineated the characteristics that were associated with the likelihood and timing of mothers’ return to work among two recent cohorts of mothers (2018 and 2019) when all characteristics were considered simultaneously in nested logistic regression models.

Keywords: parental leave; returning to work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-03-22
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DOI: 10.25318/36280001202300300002-eng

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