Nizalova, Olena (2000) Economic and Social Consequences of Maternity Protection: a cross country analysis. In: The Second Annual Global Development Conference. Beyond Economics: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Development, 10th-13th December 2000, Tokyo, Japan. (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35666)
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Abstract
This study is devoted to the investigation of the social and economic
consequences of maternity protection all over the world. Its proponents often
state that maternity protection helps to improve the health of children and
eliminate gender discrimination in the labor market. Moreover, maternity leave
entitlements are designed so that they reduce to some extent the cost of children
for women, influencing in such a way fertility rate. Maternity leave laws have
similar design in more than 100 countries. The findings of this study suggest that
the relationship between maternity leave duration and variables under
consideration (fertility rate, infant mortality rate, and female-male labor market
differentials) is significantly different across country groupings. This raises doubts
as to the practicability of imposing similar policies without embodying regional
and cultural differences in their structure.
Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Paper) |
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Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women |
Divisions: |
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics |
Funders: | [UNSPECIFIED] Economic Education and Research Consortium Ukraine Program |
Depositing User: | Olena Nizalova |
Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2013 13:41 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:12 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/35666 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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