Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work After Childbirth

Elira Kuka and Na'ama Shenhav

No 2023-27, Working Paper Series from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Abstract: This paper identifies the impact of increasing post-childbirth work incentives on mothers’ long-run careers. We exploit variation in work incentives across mothers based on the timing of a first birth and eligibility for the 1993 expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Ten to nineteen years after a first birth, single mothers who were exposed to the expansion immediately after birth (“early”), rather than 3 6 years later (“late”), have 0.62 more years of work experience and 4.2% higher earnings conditional on working. We show that higher earnings are primarily explained by improved wages due to greater work experience.

Keywords: employment; children; incentives; Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H20 J16 J22 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 91
Date: 2023-06-23
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Journal Article: Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work after Childbirth (2024)
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DOI: 10.24148/wp2023-27

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