Work interruptions , cumulative incidence , leave legislation
Abstract:
A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life
event for women's employment careers. This study presents a detailed model for the du-
ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition into a number of
states related to employment and unemployment among others. The model incorporates
a large number of factors including the legal framework, individual and firm character-
istics. We provide a comprehensive picture of the sorting mechanisms that lead to the
differentiation of women's employment careers after birth. Our empirical evidence is de-
rived from large linked administrative individual labour market data from Germany for a
period of three decades. We obtain unprecedented insights how women's skills, the quality
of the previous job match, firm level characteristics, labour market conditions and leave
legislation are related to the length of maternity duration.
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