Berger, Lawrence M.; Waldfogel, Jane - In: Journal of Population Economics 17 (2004) 2, pp. 331-349
We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine the relationships between maternity leave coverage and U.S. women’s post-birth leave taking and employment decisions from 1988 to 1996. We find that women who were employed before birth are working much more quickly...