Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18414 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 682
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
The employment behavior of mothers is strongly influenced by labor market regulations and certain institutional arrangements, which both vary greatly across European countries. Using the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) 1994-2001 for Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct ?institutional regimes?, we estimate the short-run and long-term effects of childbirth on married women?s employment and working hours. Estimation results show that these effects vary across the four countries in accordance with prevailing institutional regulations.
Subjects: 
employment and working hours
labor supply
childbirth
European Community Household Panel
panel data models
JEL: 
D12
J13
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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