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Work and wage dynamics around childbirth

Ejrnæs, Mette; Kunze, Astrid
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2012-03
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Abstract
This study investigates how the first childbirth affects the wage processes of women

who are well-established in the labour market. We estimate a flexible fixed-effects wage

regression model extended by post-childbirth fixed effects. We use register data on West

Germany and exploit the expansionary family policy during the late 1980s and 1990s

for identi cation. On their return to work after childbirth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to

5.7 per cent per year of leave. We fi nd negative selection back to full-time work after

childbirth. We discuss policy implications regarding statistical discrimination and results

concerning the family gap.
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Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics
Series
Discussion paper;4/2012

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