Paid Maternity Leave and Female Employment : Evidence Using Firm-Level Survey Data for Developing Countries

Paid Maternity Leave and Female Employment : Evidence Using Firm-Level Survey Data for Developing Countries

The relationship between the length of paid maternity leave and the proportion of female workers in the private sector is explored using firm-level survey data for 66 mostly developing countries. The paper finds a large, positive, and statistically...

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Main Authors: Amin, Mohammad, Islam, Asif
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
MATERNITY LEAVE
GENDER
FEMALE EMPLOYMENT
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/606031548250184438/Paid-Maternity-Leave-and-Female-Employment-Evidence-Using-Firm-Level-Survey-Data-for-Developing-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31183

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/606031548250184438/Paid-Maternity-Leave-and-Female-Employment-Evidence-Using-Firm-Level-Survey-Data-for-Developing-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31183

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