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dc.contributor.authorEjrnæs, Mette
dc.contributor.authorKunze, Astrid
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-18T10:47:14Z
dc.date.available2012-10-18T10:47:14Z
dc.date.issued2012-03
dc.identifier.issn0804-6824
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/163382
dc.description.abstractThis 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.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherNorwegian School of Economics, Department of Economicsno_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion paper;4/2012
dc.subjectwagesno_NO
dc.subjectparental leaveno_NO
dc.subjecthuman capitalno_NO
dc.subjectcontrol functionno_NO
dc.titleWork and wage dynamics around childbirthno_NO
dc.typeWorking paperno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212no_NO


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