TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hashimoto, Masanori
AU  - Percy, Rick
AU  - Schoellner, Teresa
AU  - Weinberg, Bruce A.
        TI  - The Long and Short of It: Maternity Leave Coverage and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes
        PY  - 2004/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1207
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1207
        AB  - We investigate the effects of maternity leave coverage on women’s post-birth wages, job
tenure, and labor market attachment. We pay particular attention to unobservable
characteristics that are correlated with maternity leave coverage and that affect labor market
outcomes. We use a control sample, as well as a range of control variables, to address
unobserved heterogeneity. We find evidence of substantial selection based on unobserved
heterogeneity. Maternity leave effects on the three outcomes are found to be small and shortlived.
This finding is understandable given that most policies in the United States allow leaves
for only 12 weeks at most.
        KW  - human capital
KW  - wages
KW  - female labor market
KW  - public policy
KW  - maternity leave
        ER  -