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Title: Maternity Leave and the Employment of New Mothers in the United States
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Berger, Lawrence Marc Waldfogel, Jane |
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Maternity Leave and the Employment of New Mothers in the United States Journal of Population Economics 17,2 (June 2004): 331-350. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/0qu7lhrhngplmlpy/ Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Childbearing; Employment; Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Leave, Family or Maternity/Paternity; Maternal Employment; Modeling, Hazard/Event History/Survival/Duration Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. 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 post-birth than women who were not. We also find that, among mothers who were employed pre-birth, those in jobs that provided leave coverage are more likely to take a leave of up to 12 weeks, but return more quickly after 12 weeks. Our results suggest that maternity leave coverage is related to leave taking, as well as the length of time that a new mother stays home after a birth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Berger, Lawrence Marc and Jane Waldfogel. "Maternity Leave and the Employment of New Mothers in the United States." Journal of Population Economics 17,2 (June 2004): 331-350.
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