Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/175003 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] ifo DICE Report [ISSN:] 2511-7823 [Volume:] 15 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München [Place:] München [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 3-7
Publisher: 
ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München, München
Abstract: 
A large body of empirical evidence documents the gender variation in labour market outcomes. A major factor that contributes to persistent gender gaps in labour market performance is women's traditional role in the household. Child-related absences from work imply that women accumulate less job experience, are more prone to career discontinuities and, hence, suffer a motherhood penalty. We highlight how the fundamental gender-driven career/family conflict faced by workers in the labour market may create a normative justification for parental leave rules as a means to enhance efficiency and alleviate the gender pay gap.
Subjects: 
Lohnstruktur
Geschlechterunterschiede
Geschlechterdiskriminierung
Geschlechterrolle
Fraueneinkommen
Elternzeit
JEL: 
J13
J16
J31
Document Type: 
Article

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