Does the Gap in Family‐friendly Policies Drive the Family Gap?*

B-Tier
Journal: Scandanavian Journal of Economics
Year: 2004
Volume: 106
Issue: 4
Pages: 721-744

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Segregation of the labour market into a family‐friendly and a non‐family‐friendly sector implies that women self‐select into sectors depending on institutional constraints, preferences for family‐friendly working conditions and expected wage differences. We take this sector dimension into account and find a severe penalty after birth‐related leave in the non‐family‐friendly sector, so that women who would be affected by this penalty self‐select into the family‐friendly sector. The penalty is a combination of a large human‐capital depreciation effect, a child penalty and no recovery.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:scandj:v:106:y:2004:i:4:p:721-744
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-26