Maternal employment in Scandinavia: A comparison of the after-birth employment activity of Norwegian and Swedish women

Marit RÃnsen () and Marianne SundstrÃm ()
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Marit RÃnsen: Division for Social and Demographic Research, Statistics Norway, Pb 8131 Dep, N-0033 Oslo, Norway
Marianne SundstrÃm: Demography Unit, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

Journal of Population Economics, 1996, vol. 9, issue 3, 267-285

Abstract: A striking characteristic of recent Western labour market trends is the rise in employment among mothers of very young children. So far, few studies have analysed the impact of public policies on employment rates of young mothers. In this study we address this issue by comparing two similar countries, Norway and Sweden, which have the same set of policies with slight variations, using data sets with similar designs. We analyse rates of re-entry into paid work after first birth for mothers in 1968-88 by means of hazard regression. One important finding is that the right to paid maternity leave with jobsecurity greatly speeds up the return to work.

Keywords: Maternity; leave; ·; childbirth; ·; labor; force; participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
Note: Received August 30, 1995 / Accepted June 18, 1996
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