This paper examines the labor market consequences of paid maternity leave for women who participate in the Brazilian formal labor market (and thus qualify for the leave policy). We take advantage of rich administrative ...

Purpose: Working mothers are at greater risk for postpartum depression. Maternity leave characteristics, including length, wage replacement and employment protection, could have relevant implications for mothers’ mental ...

Purpose: Working mothers are at greater risk for postpartum depression. Maternity leave characteristics, including length, wage replacement and employment protection, could have relevant implications for mothers’ mental ...

Esta dissertação investiga o efeito da ampliação da licença-maternidade de 120 para 180 dias em empresas que aderiram ao Programa Empresa Cidadã, criado pela Lei 11.770 em 2008. A prorrogação de 60 dias na licença não é ...

It study the impact on children of increasing the time that the mother spends with her child in the first year by exploiting a reform that increased paid and unpaid maternity leave in Norway. The reform increased maternal ...