Work and Wage Dynamics around Childbirth
利用西德登记数据，估计了生育后母亲工资下降3-5.7%每年，并发现回归全职工作存在负向选择，讨论了统计歧视和家庭差距的政策含义。
Abstract In this paper, we investigate how the wage processes of women who are well established in the labour market are affected by having children. We estimate a flexible fixed‐effects wage regression model extended by post‐childbirth fixed effects. We use register data on West Germany, and we exploit the expansionary family policy during the late 1980s and 1990s for identification. On their return to work after childbirth, the wages of mothers drop by 3–5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative selection back to full‐time work after childbirth. We discuss the policy implications regarding statistical discrimination and the results concerning the family gap.