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Economic and Social Consequences of Maternity Protection: a cross country analysis

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 (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository.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)
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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