Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192245 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 263
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
This paper compares the employment patterns of women after first and second birth in Finland, Norway and Sweden during 1972-92, focusing on the impact of parental leave and childcare programs on the transitions to full-time and part-time work. The results unanimously point to the great importance of the programs. Women who are entitled to a paid leave resume employment faster than non-eligible women. As leave periods are prolonged the difference between the two groups diminishes but still prevails in the end of the study period. The higher entry risks for entitled mothers remain after controlling for own wage and spouse's income.
Subjects: 
Female labor supply
maternity/parental leave
childcare
childbirth
hazard rate model
JEL: 
J22
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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