The Impact of Protective Measures for Female Workers
利用台湾家庭调查数据，估计工时限制和产假福利对女性劳动市场的影响，发现工时限制减少女性工作时间和就业，而产假福利则增加这些劳动投入。
Policies designed to protect female workers have controversial effects on labor market outcomes, both in theory and in practice. The analysis uses repeated cross-sections of household survey data for Taiwan to estimate the impact of working-hours restrictions and maternity benefits. Differential coverage across industrial sectors and demographic groups provides a unique opportunity to identify the impact of both policies in a single natural experiment framework. While working-hours restrictions have a negative impact on women's actual hours worked and employment, maternity benefits increase these labor inputs, implying that women value the opportunity to return to jobs they might otherwise have to leave.