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| Title: | | The effects of maternity leave extension on training for young women  |
| Authors: | | Puhani, Patrick A. Sonderhof, Katja |
| Issue Date: | | 2008 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA discussion papers 3820 |
| Abstract: | | Using three representative individual-level datasets for West Germany, we estimate the effect of the extension of maternity leave from 18 to 36 months on young women's participation in job-related training. Specifically, we employ difference-indifferences identification strategies using control groups of older women and older women together with young and older men. We find that maternity 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. |
| Subjects: | | Policy evaluation education |
| JEL: | | J16 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20081127496 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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