Long-Run Effects of Incentivizing Work after Childbirth

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kuka, Elira; Shenhav, Na'ama
• 署名单位: George Washington University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - San Francisco; Dartmouth College
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20220792
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 1692-1722
• 关键词: income-tax credit; welfare-reform; parental leave; LABOR; IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; TRENDS; EITC; elasticities

摘要

This paper identifies the impact of increasing post -childbirth work incentives on mothers'long-run careers. We exploit variation in work incentives across mothers based on the timing of a first birth and eligibility for the 1993 expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Ten to nineteen years after a first birth , single mothers who were exposed to the expansion immediately after birth ( early ), rather than 3-6 years later ( late ), have 0.62 more years of work experience and 4.2 percent higher earnings conditional on working. We show that higher earnings are primarily explained by improved wages due to greater work experience .