Public policies and women's employment after childbearing

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This paper examines how the public policy environment in the United States affects work by new mothers following childbirth. We examine four types of policies that vary across states and affect the budget constraint in different ways. The policy environment has important effects, particularly for less advantaged mothers. There is a potential conflict between policies aiming to increase maternal employment and those maximizing the choices available to families with young children. However, this tradeoff is not absolute since some choice-increasing policies (generous child care subsidies and state parental leave laws) foster both choice and higher levels of employment.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3937

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Demographic Economics: Public Policy ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply
• Subject: Public policies ; maternal employment ; childbearing ; Familienpolitik ; Mütter ; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit ; Berufliche Integration ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Han, Wen-Jui ; Ruhm, Christopher J. ; Waldfogel, Jane ; Washbrook, Elizabeth
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35313
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2009020973