Bister, Lara (2019) Maternity leave durations and the relevance of selection: A demographic approach to maternal health outcomes after maternity leave for first-time mothers in Germany. Master thesis.
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Abstract
The thesis assess the effect of different maternity leave durations on post-leave mothers' health performances. Administrative panel data from the German Pension Insurance on 4,237 first-time mothers is used. The results show that the probabilities of becoming sick increase with the duration of the maternity leave. When differentiating between characteristics of women, high-income- and poor-health- mothers show higher probabilities of sickness increasing with the maternity leave length. Average- and reduced working hours-mothers show lower and more stable probabilities of sickness across the leave durations. Also, sickness probabilities seem to increase over time for only long-leave mothers. A selection effect of maternity leave durations on mothers’ health outcomes can be concluded.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Population Studies |
| Supervisor: | Rutigliano, R |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2020 05:12 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2020 05:12 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/92 |
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