Maternity leave in turbulent times. Effects on labor market transitions and fertility in Russia, 1985-2000.

Autor/inn/en	Gerber, Theodore P.; Perelli-Harris, Brienna
Institution	Max-Planck-Institut für Demografische Forschung
Titel	Maternity leave in turbulent times. Effects on labor market transitions and fertility in Russia, 1985-2000. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Mutterschaftsurlaub in turbulenten Zeiten. Effekte auf Übergänge am Arbeitsmarkt und die Fertilität in Russland, 1985-2000.
Quelle	Rostock (2009), 34 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	MPIDR Working Paper. 2009-028
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Mutter; Mutterschaft; Frau; Familienpolitik; Fruchtbarkeit; Nachfolgestaat; Nachsozialistische Gesellschaft; Arbeitsmarkt; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit; Mutterschaftsurlaub; Mutterschutz; Russland; Sowjetunion
Abstract	"Maternity leave policies are designed to ease the tension between women's employment and fertility, but whether they actually play such a role remains unclear. We analyze the individual-level effects of maternity leave on employment outcomes and on second conception rates among Russian first-time mothers from 1985-2000 using retrospective job and fertility histories from the Survey of Stratification and Migration Dynamics in Russia. During this period Russia experienced tremendous economic and political turbulence, which many observers believed would undermine policies like maternity leave and otherwise adversely affect the situation of women. Nevertheless, we find that maternity leave helped women maintain a foothold in the labor market, especially during the more turbulent post-transition period. Also, women who took extended leave in connection with their first birth had elevated rates of second conceptions once they returned to the workforce." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2010/3