Waldfogel, Jane, Higuchi, Yoshio and Abe, Masahiro (1998) Maternity leave policies and women's employment after childbirth: evidence from the United States, Britain and Japan. CASEpaper (CASE/3). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.
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Abstract
This paper uses microdata from the United States, Britain and Japan to examine the effects of family leave coverage on women's employment after childbirth. The United States had no national family leave legislation until 1993, but many women were covered by employer policies. Britain has had maternity leave legislation since 1978, but until 1993 only about half of working women were covered. Japan has had maternity leave legislation since 1947 but not all workers were covered. We find that young children continue to have a very negative effect on women's employment, particularly in Britain. We also find that family leave coverage increases the likelihood that a woman will return to her employer after childbirth, with a particularly marked effect in Japan. This result suggests that the recent expansions in family leave coverage are likely to lead to increased employment of women after childbirth.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case |
| Additional Information: | © 1998 Jane Waldfogel, Yoshio Higuchi and Masahiro Abe |
| Divisions: | Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2008 11:33 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 18:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6533 |
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