Maternity leave and its consequences for subsequent careers in Germany

Nele E. Franz

This paper analyzes the wage development of mothers interrupting their careers, in comparison to the wages of men who do not face a parental interruption. We estimate OLS regression models for different subcategories defined by age and point in time. We use data from the German Socioeconomic Panel from 1984 to 2011, to show that wages and the financial penalty for maternity differ according to the duration of interruption. We find a lower wage penalty in the short run for women interrupting their careers who are legally protected, but merely delayed penalties for the same group in the long run.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Franz, Nele Elisa
Publisher:	Berlin : DIW
Subject:	Human capital \| parental leave \| wages \| OLS \| Family and networks \| gender \| labour \| income and poverty \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Elternzeit \| Parental leave \| Weibliche Arbeitskräfte \| Women workers \| Erwerbsverlauf \| Occupational attainment \| Geschlecht \| Gender \| Mutterschutz \| Maternity protection \| Lohn \| Wages \| Lohnstruktur \| Wage structure \| Humankapital \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Familie \| Family

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (34 S.) graph. Darst.
Series:	SOEP papers on multidisciplinary panel data research / German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), DIW Berlin. - Berlin : DIW, ISSN 1864-6689, ZDB-ID 2403710-2. - Vol. 722
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzung: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/106195 [Handle]
Classification:	C21 - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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