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Source: Seoul Journal of Economics
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1. Choi, Heeseon
Effects of Maternity Leave Benefits on Labor Market Outcomes
Seoul Journal of Economics, 16,4 (Winter 2003): 461-489.
Also: http://econ.snu.ac.kr/~journal/pdffile/vol_16/16-4.zip
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University
Keyword(s): Heterogeneity; Job Turnover; Labor Market Outcomes; Leave, Family or Maternity/Paternity; Maternal Employment; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Wage Effects

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This paper investigates the effects of maternity leave benefits on the labor market outcomes of mothers with newborn babies in the United States. This paper estimates the effect of maternity leave benefits after controlling for substantial intrinsic differences between maternity leave covered and uncovered workers. The fixed effects estimation method is used to analyze the wage effect. Also, more explanatory variables are added to control for heterogeneity in the analysis of the turnover and employment effects. The results support the hypothesis that maternity leave coverage is beneficial on women's labor market outcomes. Maternity leave significantly lessens turnover one year after childbirth, and is closely related with more employment outcomes after childbirth. Maternity leave also provides beneficial effect on wage profiles especially through encouraging covered women to work more hours. Maternity leave covered workers have maintained far steeper wage profiles before giving birth than uncovered workers. However, wage premium from maternity leave coverage is not large enough to cancel the negative effects of childbearing. Also, uncovered workers who start new jobs see their wages "rebound" after giving birth. This makes the slope of hourly wage profiles of uncovered workers similar with those of covered workers after giving birth.
Bibliography Citation
Choi, Heeseon. "Effects of Maternity Leave Benefits on Labor Market Outcomes." Seoul Journal of Economics, 16,4 (Winter 2003): 461-489.
2. Dickerson, Niki Tanya
Impact of Metropolitan Residential Segregation on the Employment Chances of Blacks and Whites in the U.S.
Working Paper, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, 2009.
Also: http://www.smlr.rutgers.edu/faculty/Dickerson/ntd_emp.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR), Rutgers University
Keyword(s): Discrimination; Employment; Family Characteristics; Family Studies; Neighborhood Effects; Racial Differences; Residence

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Most tests of residential segregation's role in creating employment inequality between blacks and whites have focused on neighborhood characteristics (e.g. mean SES or distance from job centers), whereas this study considers the broader structure of residential segregation in which neighborhoods are situated and its implication in black/white disparities in access to employment opportunities. The study employs multilevel analyses and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test the effects of metropolitan segregation in 1979 on respondents' probability of being employed by 1990 net of individual and family level characteristics, and to assess the role of segregation in explaining the race gap in employment between blacks and whites. The analyses reveal that residential segregation decreases employment odds for blacks and not for whites and explains the residual race gap in the probability of being employed. The depressive effect of segregation on employment is weaker for black women than it is for black men.
Bibliography Citation
Dickerson, Niki Tanya. "Impact of Metropolitan Residential Segregation on the Employment Chances of Blacks and Whites in the U.S." Working Paper, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, 2009.