 The Liberalisation of Maternity Leave Policy and the Return to the Work of Childbirth in GermanyJan Ondrich (),
Katharina Spiess (),
Qing Yang and
Gert Wagner
No 21, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER Abstract: German federal law has increased the potential duration of maternity leave five times since 1985. A theoretical model is presented that demonstates that the return to work hazard rate declines a potential increases and the cumulative return probability a potential duration cannot decline unless the mothers employment condition or career expectation can change. Return to work hazard are estimated from the German Socio-Economic Panel for women bearing children in Germany in the period 1984-1991. The estimates are used to predict hazards and cumulative return probabilities for first time mothers and mothers with a previous birth. As potential duration increases, the cumulative return rate pattern with potential duration is consistent with the hypothesis that employment conditions and career expectations frequently change for mother taking longer leaves. Keywords: return to work; competing risks; proportional hazards; maternity benefit; maternity leave (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published - published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2003, 1 (1-2), 77-110 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp21 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER Contact information at EDIRC. |
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