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Title: Does paid maternity leave lead to higher birth rates?

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Our research hypothesis within this paper is: the policy of paid maternity leave does lead to higher birth rates. For reviewing our hypothesis we made use of the statespecific differences in the US-American maternity leave policies. We used California, which is endowed with the PFL, which was introduced in 2002 with contributions granted from January 2004 on (State of California Employment Department, 2016) and Nevada, a Californian neighboring state without any protections beyond FMLA. We chose those two states, because of several reasons. Firstly, as they are neighbors we can assume that they are similar with regard to climate, mentality of the people, history and culture. During our research we did not find any facts, which contradict this assumption. Secondly, they possess a similar population percentage with around, a similar age structure, a similar gender structure, a similar education level and a similar median income per household (Index Mundi). These equalities with regard to the states preconditions and yet the inequality with regard to the maternity leave policy creates an ideal environment for a difference-in-difference analysis.

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Authors: Lakotova, Lenka; Kalhammer, Anna

Publisher: VSE Praha

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Fertility and Mortality, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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