The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings

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• dc.contributor.author Dominguez-Folgueras, Marta
• dc.contributor.author González López, María José, 1966-
• dc.contributor.author Lapuerta, Irene
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-11T11:38:21Z
• dc.date.available 2024-04-11T11:38:21Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description.abstract The persistence of a wage gap between mothers and non-mothers has been widely analyzed. However, we know little about the impact of family policies on this relative motherhood penalty. This study investigates the extent to which unpaid leave granted for longer-term care of young children after an initial spell of maternity leave affects the motherhood wage gap, and whether full-time leave and part-time leave differ in this respect. We use panel data from the Continuous Sample of Working Lives and rely on a sample consisting of 959,359 women aged twenty-five to forty-seven between 2005 and 2012. We find first a negative association between use and duration of unpaid parental leave and mothers’ wages, and second that a full-time unpaid leave carries higher wage penalties than a part-time unpaid leave of the same duration. This study has major implications for policymaking.
• dc.description.sponsorship The authors would like to thank the Recercaixa 2014, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (projects CSO2017-89397-R and PID2020-119339GB-C22), and the Public University of Navarre (Grant for Young Researchers 2018) for supporting this study.
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• dc.identifier.citation Dominguez-Folgueras M, González MJ, Lapuerta I. The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings. Soc Polit. 2022 Spring;29(1):164-89. DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxab046
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxab046
• dc.identifier.issn 1072-4745
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59738
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Oxford University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Social politics. 2022 Spring;29(1):164-89
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CSO2017-89397-R
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-119339GB-C22
• dc.rights © Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society following peer review. The version of record Dominguez-Folgueras M, González MJ, Lapuerta I. The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings. Soc Polit. 2022 Spring;29(1):164-89. is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxab046
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• dc.subject.keyword Motherhood penalty
• dc.subject.keyword Family policy
• dc.subject.keyword Income inequalities
• dc.subject.keyword Spain
• dc.title The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
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