Female Labour Supply in the Czech Transition: Effects of the Work-Life Conciliation Policies

Alzbeta Mullerova
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Alzbeta Mangarella

No 2014-50, EconomiX Working Papers from University of Paris Nanterre, EconomiX

Abstract: Czech conciliation policies, i.e. social, family and employment policies affecting households’ fertility and employment choices, have gone through dramatic changes since the 1989 transition to market economy. After a brief presentation of conciliation policies and practices before and after the transition, we focus on the 1995 Czech Parental Benefit reform and we evaluate its impact on mothers’ labour supply. The payment of parental benefits was extended to 4 years instead of 3 without an equivalent extension of the job protected parental leave, leaving to mothers the choice of either guaranteed employment or additional twelve months of benefits. We use difference-in-differences strategy of identification to assess the net effect of this reform on mother’s labour market participation. We find a sizeable and negative impact on mothers’ probability of return to work at the end of the parental leave.

Keywords: Female Labour Supply; Parental Leave and Benefit; Policy Evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 J18 P30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2014
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-lab, nep-lma and nep-tra
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