Does the IAB employment sample reliably identify maternity leave taking? A data report

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 3 The determinants of taking maternity leave (dependent variable: 1 if mother takes maternity leave)

	All	West, Germans	West, Foreigners	East
	1	2	3	4
	42,706	39,015	2,180	1,021
East	0.031
	(0.014)
Foreign	0.022
	(0.017)
Age	0.044	0.103	0.058	0.169
	(0.006)	(0.006)	(0.019)	(0.036)
Age²	−0.001	–0.002	−0.001	–0.003
	(0.000)	(0.000)	0.000	(0.001)
Medium-skilled	0.154	0.167	0.062	0.240
	(0.007)	(0.008)	(0.023)	(0.045)
High-skilled	0.080	0.027	–0.008	0.231
	(0.012)	(0.014)	(0.062)	(0.055)
2nd child		–0.368	–0.167
		(0.005)	(0.025)
3rd child		–0.456	–0.198
		(0.006)	(0.037)
4th or further child		–0.486	–0.194
		(0.006)	(0.069)

Note: The table reports results from linear probability models where the dependent variable is equal to 1 if the mother takes maternity leave. The findings are based on Sample A. Robust standard errors in parentheses.