Locus of Control and Mothers’ Return to Employment
利用德国社会经济面板数据，研究控制点（内控vs外控）如何影响母亲产后重返工作的速度，发现内控型女性返回更快，尤其在工资增长惩罚高的职业中更明显。
This paper investigates the effect of locus of control (LOC) on the length of mothers’ employment break after childbirth. Duration data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study reveal that women with an internal LOC return to employment more quickly than women with an external LOC. We find that this effect is particularly pronounced in jobs in which the penalties in terms of lower wage growth are highest. We thus argue that the effect of LOC on return is mainly related to differential appreciation of the career costs of longer maternity leave.