PL: Effect of parental leave policy
Description
Data to analyze the effect of the 1990 Austrian parental leave
reform on fertility and postbirth labor market careers. The data originate
from the Austrian Social Security Database (ASSD) and where prepared by
Lalive and Zweimueller (2009). The sample includes 6'180 women giving a
childbirth (the first birth recorded in the ASSD data) between June and July
1990 and were eligible to benefit from the parental leave program.source
Austrian Social Security Database (ASSD). The data set is also available
from https://sites.google.com/site/rafaellalive/researchDetails
The data are described in Lalive and Zweimueller (2009).References
Lalive, R. and Zweimueller, J. (2009), How does parental leave affect
fertility and return to work? Evidence from two natural experiments.
The Quarterly Journal of Economics.