The economic impact of taking short parental leave: Evaluation of a French reform

✍ Scribed by Joseph, Olivier; Pailhé, Ariane; Recotillet, Isabelle; Solaz, Anne

• Book ID: 122293189
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 417 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0927-5371
• DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2013.04.012

✦ Synopsis

Short parental leave: an incentive to stop working for mothers of a first child.• Short parental leaves do not prejudice female labor market participation.• Part-time option of parental leave mostly taken by highly educated women.• For part-time paid leave takers, the reform decreases the post parental leave wages.