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Research Seminar in Economics Regina Riphahn: "Long-run effects of wage subsidies on maternal labor market outcomes"

08.12.2020 | 16:15 - 17:30
Prof. Regina Riphahn

Prof. Regina Riphahn
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We use rich and precise administrative data to study the causal effect of subsidized employment on first time mothers' labor market outcomes up to 8 years after the birth. We apply propensity score matching combined with an event study design to determine the causal effects of taking up a subsidized Minijob after a first birth. We compare this employment choice to similar but unsubsidized, i.e., regular employment. Our results indicate that mothers who take up Minijob employment after a first birth are significantly less likely to be regularly employed and earn significantly lower wages even 8 years after the birth. The high rate of Minijob employment among first time mothers after the birth drives a substantial share of the child penalty of German mothers.

Regina Riphahn holds the chair of Empirical Economics at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg.

The Seminar will be held digitally. To sign up for the event details and invitation link please send an e-mail to s.miltner@fu-berlin.de.

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08.12.2020 | 16:15 - 17:30

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