Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 5 No. 2 1987
Career Interruptions Following Childbirth
Abstract
The aggregate probability of ending a career interruption that begins at childbirth is shown to diminish rapidly with the length of the interruption. The empirical models estimated suggest that the decline can be explained by a combination of structural duration dependence, unobserved heterogeneity, and differences in observed characteristics. The probability of returning to employment for a group of women with identical observed characteristics is found to have an L-shaped distribution for the majority of the sample, suggesting that many women have a very low probability of returning.
- DOI
- 10.1086/298147
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 255-277
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref