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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 731-760 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Journal of population economics |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 26 Nov 2009 |
| Publication status | Published - 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.
Keywords
- Education, Evaluation, Policy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Demography
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
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In: Journal of population economics, Vol. 24, No. 2, 04.2011, p. 731-760.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of parental leave extension on training for young women
AU - Puhani, Patrick A.
AU - Sonderhof, Katja
N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by German Research Foundation within the project “Labour Market Effects of Social Policy” which is part of the research initiative “Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets.” We are grateful to Christian Dustmann, Lena Edlund, Bernd Fitzenberger, Uta Schönberg, Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Marie Waller, two anonymous referees, and seminar participants at the Universities of Darmstadt, Hannover, Hohenheim, Paris II (ERMES), at the research initiative’s IAB and ZEW meetings in Nuremberg and Mannheim, respectively, and participants at the Ausschuss für Bildungsökonomie (Bern), EEA (Milan), EALE (Amsterdam), RES (Guildford), SOLE (Boston), and Verein für Socialpolitik (Graz) meetings for helpful comments. All remaining errors are our own.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Education
KW - Evaluation
KW - Policy
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JO - Journal of population economics
JF - Journal of population economics
SN - 0933-1433
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