The effects of parental leave extension on training for young women

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  • Patrick A. Puhani
  • Katja Sonderhof

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  • Universität St. Gallen (HSG)
  • Universität Panthéon-Assas
  • Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)731-760
Seitenumfang30
FachzeitschriftJournal of population economics
Jahrgang24
Ausgabenummer2
Frühes Online-Datum26 Nov. 2009
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Apr. 2011

Abstract

Using three datasets for West Germany, we estimate the effect of the extension of parental leave from between 10 and 18 to 36 months on young women's participation in job-related training. Specifically, we employ difference-in-differences identification strategies using control groups of older women and young and older men. We find that parental leave extension negatively affects job-related training for young women, even if they do not have children, especially when the focus is on employer-arranged training. There is tentative evidence that young women partly compensated for this reduction in employer-arranged training by increasing training on their own initiative.

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The effects of parental leave extension on training for young women. / Puhani, Patrick A.; Sonderhof, Katja.
in: Journal of population economics, Jahrgang 24, Nr. 2, 04.2011, S. 731-760.

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Puhani PA, Sonderhof K. The effects of parental leave extension on training for young women. Journal of population economics. 2011 Apr;24(2):731-760. Epub 2009 Nov 26. doi: 10.1007/s00148-009-0295-y
Puhani, Patrick A. ; Sonderhof, Katja. / The effects of parental leave extension on training for young women. in: Journal of population economics. 2011 ; Jahrgang 24, Nr. 2. S. 731-760.
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