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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20346| Title: | New Mothers? Labour Force Participation in Italy : The Role of Job Characteristics |
| Keywords: | O17 J21 J13 J23 C3 ddc:330 childbirth employment informal sector job protection private public Frauenerwerbstätigkeit Mütter Arbeitsvertrag Kündigungsschutz Schätzung Italien |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
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| Description: | In this paper we use newly available individual-level data from the Longitudinal Survey of Italian Households to investigate the factors affecting female labour force participation after the birth of the first child. We focus on the effects of pre-marital job characteristics and find that working without a contract has a negative effect on new mothers' participation, while working in the public sector or in a large private firm increases the probability of participation after childbearing. We suggest that these effects could be at least partly attributed to differences in the level of job protection and employment stability enjoyed by workers. This implies that in Italy women with highly protected and stable jobs find it easier to combine career and family, while those who are less sheltered by the legislation are more likely to withdraw from the labour force after becoming mothers. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20346 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20346 ppn:385224281 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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