Comments on: Maternity rights are key to employment

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:53:44 +0000

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmpo/publications/papers/2002/wp55.pdf have a look at this, which does pretty much what you ask, and still finds a significant impact of maternity rights on return to work rates – though obviously there’s much more going on than just maternity rights in explaining increased female labour market participation…

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:53:42 +0000

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By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:37:23 +0000

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By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:26:24 +0000

T would want to graph the women of working age in employment ratio against:

a) maternity leave entitlement
b) live births as a percentage of working age mothers
c) house price to average earnings ratio
d) subsidy/tax relief towards childcare costs

I rather suspect that b), c) and d) will all show a more obvious correlation with increased female participation in workforce than will a).

This doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be extending maternity leave as a matter of principle – but we should be careful about ascribing it too much weight compared to other economic and demographic factors.

By: Jason Monastra

Jason Monastra — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:08:39 +0000

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By: CVRepublic

CVRepublic — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:36 +0000

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By: Left Foot Forward

Left Foot Forward — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:52:45 +0000

Catherine Hakim in @Prospect_UK is wrong. Maternity rights are key to women returning to work http://bit.ly/4xj4YL