Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298853 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper No. 12/2024
Publisher: 
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
This paper studies how the statutory right to work part-time affects mothers' post-birth labor market outcomes. I use a differences-in-differences design to investigate a reform in Germany that granted the right to work part-time to employees of firms with more than 15 employees. I find that the reform increased the probability of eligible mothers working part-time in the short run after childbirth, indicating that the law relaxed a binding constraint. In the longer run, the reform had a positive effect on maternal employment and labor income, but did not change part-time status significantly.
Subjects: 
Female Employment
Part-Time Work
Fertility
Family and Work Obligations
JEL: 
J13
J18
J22
J83
ISBN: 
978-3-95729-985-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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