Gender Wage Gap and the Welfare-Enhancing Role of Parental Leave Rules

Artikel

A large body of empirical evidence documents the gender variation in labour market outcomes. A major factor that contributes to persistent gender gaps in labour market performance is women's traditional role in the household. Child-related absences from work imply that women accumulate less job experience, are more prone to career discontinuities and, hence, suffer a motherhood penalty. We highlight how the fundamental gender-driven career/family conflict faced by workers in the labour market may create a normative justification for parental leave rules as a means to enhance efficiency and alleviate the gender pay gap.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: ifo DICE Report ; ISSN: 2511-7823 ; Volume: 15 ; Year: 2017 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 3-7 ; München: ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Subject: Lohnstruktur ; Geschlechterunterschiede ; Geschlechterdiskriminierung ; Geschlechterrolle ; Fraueneinkommen ; Elternzeit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bastani, Spencer ; Blumkin, Tomer ; Micheletto, Luca
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München
• (where): München
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/175003
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET