Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312481 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Population Economics [ISSN:] 1432-1475 [Volume:] 36 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Berlin, Heidelberg [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 139-178
Publisher: 
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
We study the short-, medium-, and long-run employment effects of a substantial change in Germany's parental leave benefit program. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that paid benefits for up to 2 years was replaced with an earnings-related transfer that paid benefits for up to 1 year. The reform changed the regulation for prior benefit recipients and added benefits for those who were not eligible before. Although long-run labor force participation did not change substantially—the reform sped up mothers' labor market return after their benefits expired. Likely pathways for this substantial reform effect are changes in social norms and in mothers' preferences for economic independence.
Subjects: 
Female labor supply
Maternal labor supply
Parental leave
Parental leave benefit
Child-rearing benefit
JEL: 
J13
J21
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Article
Document Version: 
Published Version

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