Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage and Children's Long-Term Outcomes

This paper evaluates the impact of three major expansions in maternity leave coverage in Germany on children's long-run outcomes. To identify the causal impact of the reforms, we use a difference-in-difference design that compares outcomes of children born shortly before and shortly after a cha...

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Volume:	4
Main Author:	Christian Dustmann Uta Schönberg
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	NASHVILLE American Economic Association 01.07.2012 AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
published in:	American economic journal. Applied economics Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 190 - 224
Data of publication:	20120701
ISSN:	1945-7782 1945-7790
EISSN:	1945-7790
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Foster children Employment Maternity leave Labor markets Children Wages Mothers Child care Applied economics Childbirth Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences SCHOOL-ENTRY 1ST NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL SURVEY HEAD-START INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES PARENTAL LEAVE HEALTH EDUCATIONAL-ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT CARE
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2012 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS