@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp3820,
            	author={Puhani, Patrick A. and Sonderhof, Katja},
            	title={The Effects of Maternity Leave Extension on Training for Young Women},
            	year={2008},
	month={Nov},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={3820},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3820},
	abstract={Using three representative individual-level datasets for West Germany, we estimate the effect of the extension of maternity leave from 18 to 36 months on young women's participation in job-related training. Specifically, we employ difference-indifferences identification strategies using control groups of older women and older women together with young and older men. We find that maternity leave extension negatively affects job-related training for young women, even if they do not have children, especially when the focus is on employer-arranged training. There is tentative evidence that young women partly compensated for this reduction in employer-arranged training by increasing training on their own initiative.},
	keywords={education;evaluation;policy},
            }