Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/271952 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10308
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper studies the long-term impact of a paid parental leave reform in former East Germany in 1986 on maternal physical and mental health and subjective well-being. The reform extended paid leave for first-time mothers by six months to a maximum of twelve months. I use representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and a difference-in-differences design in a quasi-experimental setting. Results show that the effects of the reform were negligible on maternal long-term physical and mental health and subjective well-being. There is weak, but not robust, evidence for increased satisfaction with household activities, income, and work.
Subjects: 
social policy
parental leave
mental health
physical health
subjective well-being
JEL: 
I12
J13
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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