Elternzeiten von verheirateten Paaren: Mütter kehren meist schneller auf den Arbeitsmarkt zurück, wenn ihre Partner Elternzeit nehmen (Parental leave of married couples: Mothers tend to return to the labour market faster when their partners take parental leave)

Corinna Frodermann, Andreas Filser and Ann-Christin Bächmann
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Corinna Frodermann: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Andreas Filser: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Ann-Christin Bächmann: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany ; Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe in Bamberg

No 20231, IAB-Kurzbericht from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "Following the parental leave benefit reform in 2007, the share of fathers in Germany who interrupt their employment after the birth of a child has been rising. This greater involvement of fathers is also accompanied by a faster return to the labour market of mothers. However, an analysis of couple-level parental leave patterns shows that for many married couples, it is still only the mother who interrupts her employment, while the majority of fathers do not take any parental leave. When fathers do take parental leave, it is primarily for a maximum of two months. Overall, we find that married couples in Germany are still far from sharing the burden of family-related employment interruptions equally." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; IAB-Open-Access-Publikation; Auswirkungen; berufliche Reintegration; Elterngeld; Elternzeit; Dauer; dual career couples; Ehepaare; Erwerbsunterbrechung; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren; Inanspruchnahme; Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien; Kinderbetreuung; Mütter; Väter; Arbeitsteilung; 2007-2016 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2023-02-07
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DOI: 10.48720/IAB.KB.2301

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