Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142139 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 1586
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the effect of locus of control (LOC) on the length of mothers' employment break after childbirth. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), duration data reveals that women with an internal LOC return to employment more quickly than women with an external LOC. We find evidence that this effect is mainly related to differential appreciation of the career costs of longer maternity leave. Given the high level of job protection enjoyed by mothers in Germany, economic consequences of differences in this non-cognitive skill can be expected to be larger in other settings.
Subjects: 
Locus of Control
Noncognitive Skills
Personality
Maternal Employment
Female Labor Supply
Survival Analysis
JEL: 
J22
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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