Table 10 True versus approximated leave spells: The impact of career interruptions on post-birth wages

Panel A: West, Germans

All spells

1st spell

True, 1st incl.

True, 1st excl.

Approx.

True, 1st incl.

True, 1st excl.

Approx.

N = 11.005

N = 10.283

N = 12.976

N = 7.232

N = 6.766

N = 8.362

Time at home

–0.004

(0.000)

–0.004

(0.000)

–0.006

(0.000)

–0.004

(0.000)

–0.004

(0.000)

–0.005

(0.000)

Medium-skilled

–0.109

(0.015)

–0.109

(0.016)

–0.117

(0.012)

–0.150

(0.019)

–0.151

(0.020)

–0.162

(0.016)

High-skilled

–0.035

(0.027)

–0.031

(0.028)

–0.061

(0.025)

0.019

(0.034)

0.023

(0.035)

–0.022

(0.031)

Change full-time

–0.005

(0.007)

–0.003

(0.007)

0.013

(0.006)

0.089

(0.010)

0.089

(0.011)

0.096

(0.009)

Age

–0.104

(0.013)

–0.099

(0.014)

–0.116

(0.010)

–0.156

(0.017)

–0.148

(0.017)

–0.173

(0.013)

Age²

0.002

(0.000)

0.002

(0.000)

0.002

(0.000)

0.003

(0.000)

0.002

(0.000)

0.003

(0.000)

Panel B: West, Foreigners

All spells

1st spell

True, 1st incl.

True, 1st excl.

Approx.

True, 1st incl.

True, 1st excl.

Approx.

N = 605

N = 560

N = 1.035

N = 381

N = 354

N = 602

Time at home

–0.001

(0.002)

–0.001

(0.002)

–0.002

(0.001)

0.001

(0.002)

0.001

(0.002)

0.000

(0.001)

Medium-skilled

–0.032

(0.039)

–0.019

(0.040)

–0.043

(0.029)

–0.060

(0.051)

–0.048

(0.048)

–0.039

(0.040)

High-skilled

0.115

(0.063)

0.101

(0.061)

0.053

(0.047)

0.082

(0.065)

0.066

(0.064)

0.035

(0.051)

Change full-time

0.038

(0.024)

0.044

(0.025)

0.023

(0.019)

0.018

(0.031)

0.019

(0.032)

0.004

(0.026)

Age

0.019

(0.039)

–0.003

(0.039)

–0.036

(0.028)

–0.017

(0.049)

–0.028

(0.051)

–0.060

(0.036)

Age²

0.000

(0.001)

0.000

(0.001)

0.001

(0.000)

0.000

(0.001)

0.000

(0.001)

0.001

(0.001)

Panel C: East

All spells

True, 1st incl.

True, 1st excl.

Approx.

N = 368

N = 338

N = 495

Time at home

0.005

(0.002)

0.004

(0.002)

0.002

(0.001)

Medium-skilled

–0.025

(0.080)

–0.070

(0.086)

–0.082

(0.058)

High-skilled

0.007

(0.121)

–0.047

(0.128)

–0.051

(0.085)

Change full-time

0.034

(0.031)

0.028

(0.032)

0.010

(0.024)

Age

0.048

(0.062)

0.018

(0.068)

–0.038

(0.039)

Age²

–0.001

(0.001)

0.000

(0.001)

0.001

(0.001)