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New Mothers? Labour Force Participation in Italy : The Role of Job Characteristics

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dc.creator Bratti, Massimiliano
dc.creator Del Bono, Emilia
dc.creator Vuri, Daniela
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:10:06Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:10:06Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20346
dc.identifier ppn:385224281
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20346
dc.description In this paper we use newly available individual-level data from the Longitudinal Survey of Italian Households to investigate the factors affecting female labour force participation after the birth of the first child. We focus on the effects of pre-marital job characteristics and find that working without a contract has a negative effect on new mothers' participation, while working in the public sector or in a large private firm increases the probability of participation after childbearing. We suggest that these effects could be at least partly attributed to differences in the level of job protection and employment stability enjoyed by workers. This implies that in Italy women with highly protected and stable jobs find it easier to combine career and family, while those who are less sheltered by the legislation are more likely to withdraw from the labour force after becoming mothers.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1111
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject O17
dc.subject J21
dc.subject J13
dc.subject J23
dc.subject C3
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject childbirth
dc.subject employment
dc.subject informal sector
dc.subject job protection
dc.subject private
dc.subject public
dc.subject Frauenerwerbstätigkeit
dc.subject Mütter
dc.subject Arbeitsvertrag
dc.subject Kündigungsschutz
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Italien
dc.title New Mothers? Labour Force Participation in Italy : The Role of Job Characteristics
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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