Motherhood, labor market trajectories, and the allocation of talent: harmonized evidence on 29 countries

In this paper we assess whether changes in labor market decisions upon motherhood lead to potential inefficient allocations of talent. Using an event study approach with retrospective data drawn from SHARE for 29 European countries we show that motherhood effects go beyond the well studied effects o...

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Autores principales: Berniell, Inés, Berniell, María Lucila, Mata, Dolores de la, Edo, María, Fawaz, Yarine, Machado, Matilde P., Marchionni, Mariana
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Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/121663
https://aaep.org.ar/anales/works/works2020/Berniell.pdf
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topic Ciencias Económicas
Child penalty
Part-time
Self-employment
Motherhood
SHARE data
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Child penalty
Part-time
Self-employment
Motherhood
SHARE data
Berniell, Inés
Berniell, María Lucila
Mata, Dolores de la
Edo, María
Fawaz, Yarine
Machado, Matilde P.
Marchionni, Mariana
Motherhood, labor market trajectories, and the allocation of talent: harmonized evidence on 29 countries
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Child penalty
Part-time
Self-employment
Motherhood
SHARE data
description In this paper we assess whether changes in labor market decisions upon motherhood lead to potential inefficient allocations of talent. Using an event study approach with retrospective data drawn from SHARE for 29 European countries we show that motherhood effects go beyond the well studied effects of labor market participation decisions: the arrival of the first child substantially affects the uptaking of alternative modes of employment, such as part-time and self-employment, that are characterized by flexible or reduced work schedules but also lower pay on average. We also show that the size of labor market responses to motherhood are larger in societies with more conservative social-norms or with weak policies regarding work-life balance. To assess the effects of motherhood over the allocation of talent, we explore how labor market responses to parenthood vary by alternative measures of talent or ability. We find that all women, even those with the highest level of ability and abler than their husbands face large motherhood effects, while men show virtually no changes in the labor market when becoming fathers. We also find that mothers who become self-employed after the birth of the first child are those that are less entrepreneurial-able according to cognitive ability and personality traits shown to impair business survival. Overall, our results suggest relevant changes in the allocation of talent caused by gender differences in nonmarket responsibilities that can have sizable impacts on aggregate market productivity.
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author Berniell, Inés
Berniell, María Lucila
Mata, Dolores de la
Edo, María
Fawaz, Yarine
Machado, Matilde P.
Marchionni, Mariana
author_facet Berniell, Inés
Berniell, María Lucila
Mata, Dolores de la
Edo, María
Fawaz, Yarine
Machado, Matilde P.
Marchionni, Mariana
author_sort Berniell, Inés
title Motherhood, labor market trajectories, and the allocation of talent: harmonized evidence on 29 countries
title_short Motherhood, labor market trajectories, and the allocation of talent: harmonized evidence on 29 countries
title_full Motherhood, labor market trajectories, and the allocation of talent: harmonized evidence on 29 countries
title_fullStr Motherhood, labor market trajectories, and the allocation of talent: harmonized evidence on 29 countries
title_full_unstemmed Motherhood, labor market trajectories, and the allocation of talent: harmonized evidence on 29 countries
title_sort motherhood, labor market trajectories, and the allocation of talent: harmonized evidence on 29 countries
publishDate 2020
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/121663
https://aaep.org.ar/anales/works/works2020/Berniell.pdf
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