The effects of parental leave extension on training for young women

Puhani, Patrick ; Sonderhof, Katja

In: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, vol. 24, no. 2, p. 731-760

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    Summary
    Using three datasets for West Germany, we estimate the effect of the extension of parental leave from between 10 and 18 to 36months on young women's participation in job-related training. Specifically, we employ difference-in-differences identification strategies using control groups of older women and young and older men. We find that parental leave extension negatively affects job-related training for young women, even if they do not have children, especially when the focus is on employer-arranged training. There is tentative evidence that young women partly compensated for this reduction in employer-arranged training by increasing training on their own initiative