Juan Pedro Eberhard, Javier Fernandez, Catalina Lauer
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Parenthood have a significant impact on engagement in the labor force. Parents may decide to look for jobs with specific characteristics, and in some cases, they may decide to not participate in the labor market. Using survey data from Chile, we use a propensity score matching estimation to compare various labor outcomes of women and men with and without children. We found that maternity has an impact on several dimensions of labor engagement. To study how these multidimensional effects are compounded at the individual level, we use a quality of employment (QoE) index to estimate the drop in job quality post-childbirth. We found a drop in quality only for mothers. Moreover, for less educated women, the drop in QoE is equivalent to no longer being hired under contract. For single mothers, the drop is equivalent to a reduction in wages that would make the family fall below the poverty line.
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The Journal of Applied Economics publishes papers which make a significant and original contribution to applied issues in micro and macroeconomics. The primary criteria for selecting papers are quality and importance for the field. Papers based on a meaningful and well-motivated research problem that make a concrete contribution to empirical economics or applied theory, in any of its fields, are especially encouraged. The wide variety of topics that are covered in the Journal of Applied Economics include: -Industrial Organization -International Economics -Labour Economics -Finance -Money and Banking -Growth -Public Finance -Political Economy -Law and Economics -Environmental Economics
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