Career breaks after childbirth: the impact of family leave reforms in the Czech Republic

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Bičáková, Alena - Kalíšková, Klára
Career breaks after childbirth: the impact of family leave reforms in the Czech Republic.
Bonn: IZA, 2016. 57 s. IZA discussion paper series, 10149.
Grant CEP: GA ČR GB14-36154G
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985998
Klíčová slova: family leave * female labor supply * unemployment
Obor OECD: Applied Economics, Econometrics
http://ftp.iza.org/dp10149.pdf

The Czech Republic is a country with a strong attachment of women to the labor market, but with one of the longest paid family leaves, which is often followed by a spell of unemployment. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we study the impact of two reforms of the duration of the parental allowance on the labor market status of mothers 2-7 years after childbirth. While the 1995 reform prolonged the allowance from 3 to 4 years, the 2008 reform allowed some parents to shorten the duration of the allowance to only 2 or 3 years with an equivalent total monetary amount. We find that in response to the 1995 reform, 36% of mothers extended their family leave beyond the 3-year job protection period. The 2008 reform partially reversed this effect. Both reforms also had a considerable impact on post-leave unemployment and inactivity of mothers.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0261414