Parental Leave and Discrimination in the Labor Market

Julia Schmieder, Doris Weichselbaumer, Clara Welteke and Katharina Wrohlich

No 2101, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: Promoting fathers to take parental leave is seen as a promising way to advancegender equality. However, there is still a very limited understanding of its impact on fathers’ labor market outcomes. We conducted a correspondence study to analyze whether fathers who take parental leave face discrimination during the hiring process in three different occupations. Fathers who took parental leave in a female-dominated or gender-neutral occupation are not less likely to be invited to a job interview compared to fathers who did not take leave. However, in the male-dominated occupation, fathers who have taken long parental leave are penalized. Regardless of leave-taking, fathers are treated less favorably than mothers in the female-dominated and the gender-neutral occupation, while the opposite is true for the male-dominated occupation. This suggests the presence of strong gender norms concerning the perception of ideal employees in different occupations.

Keywords: discrimination; parental leave; gender; hiring; experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 J13 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 p.
Date: 2024
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Working Paper: Parental Leave and Discrimination in the Labor Market (2024)
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