Mothers' Transitions into the Labor Market under Two Political Systems: Comparing East and West Germany before Reunification
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Mothers' Transitions into the Labor Market under Two Political Systems: Comparing East and West Germany before Reunification
Bredtmann, Julia | Kluve, Jochen | Schaffner, Sandra
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 133 (2013), Iss. 3 : pp. 375–408
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Julia Bredtmann, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (RWI Essen), Hohenzollernstr. 1 – 3, 45128 Essen, Germany.
Jochen Kluve, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – Büro Berlin, Invalidenstraße 112, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
Sandra Schaffner, FDZ Ruhr am Rheinisch-Westfälischen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. (RWI Essen), Hohenzollernstraße 1 – 3, 45128 Essen, Germany.
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Abstract
Using new longitudinal datasets that cover the work and family life of women in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR), we analyze women's employment discontinuities following childbirth. We find that in the GDR almost all mothers return to work within 18 months after birth. In the FRG, this proportion is much smaller and at the age when the child starts nursery school or school, women re-enter the labor market at higher rates. An analysis of the determinants of women's labor market transitions after childbirth reveals a strong correlation between mothers' employment status prior to birth and their probability of re-entering the labor market afterwards.