Gender-Specific Duration of Parental Leave and Current Earnings
基于信号理论和男性气质概念，研究德国化工行业中层管理者中，育儿假使用和时长对回归后工资的影响，发现男性因育儿假遭受的薪酬惩罚比女性更严重。
Although male employees are increasingly making use of parental leave, gender differences in both usage and duration of parental leave are still prevalent. Based on signalling theory and the masculinities concept, the article explores the role of gender in the relationship between the incidence/duration of parental leave and wages/compensation after returning to a job. It is shown that pay gaps associated with parental leave are much more severe for male than they are for female middle managers in the German chemical industry.