Table 7 True maternity leave spells and observable characteristics (preferred sample restrictions)
Panel A: True spells and birth month | |||||||
All | All, 1st spell | West, Germans | West, Germans, 1st spell | West, Foreigners | West, Foreigners, 1st spell | East | |
1 | 88.20% | 90.96% | 88.79% | 91.34% | 81.90% | 89.61% | 83.33% |
2 | 87.96% | 91.43% | 88.96% | 92.11% | 76.45% | 86.49% | 84.78% |
3 | 89.04% | 91.58% | 89.80% | 92.48% | 81.45% | 84.06% | 81.48% |
4 | 88.05% | 89.62% | 88.94% | 90.47% | 81.95% | 87.18% | 73.47% |
5 | 86.05% | 89.18% | 87.15% | 90.04% | 76.56% | 86.59% | 75.41% |
6 | 88.08% | 89.53% | 88.73% | 90.25% | 86.13% | 88.30% | 67.50% |
7 | 89.55% | 91.59% | 90.14% | 92.20% | 80.00% | 83.05% | 89.83% |
8 | 89.45% | 90.91% | 90.39% | 92.11% | 83.85% | 86.67% | 68.63% |
9 | 90.69% | 92.69% | 91.77% | 93.93% | 84.00% | 87.78% | 71.15% |
10 | 90.08% | 92.77% | 90.37% | 92.89% | 87.39% | 94.59% | 87.23% |
11 | 86.75% | 89.73% | 87.98% | 90.20% | 75.78% | 89.39% | 75.00% |
12 | 88.01% | 89.40% | 88.07% | 90.24% | 74.80% | 80.49% | 77.27% |
N | 22.397 | 15.277 | 20.308 | 13.752 | 1.483 | 935 | 601 |
p-value | 0.076 | 0.088 | 0.103 | 0.097 | 0.149 | 0.384 | 0.115 |
Panel B: Other observable pre-birth characteristics | |||||||
All | All, 1st spell | West, Germans | West, Germans, 1st spell | West, Foreigners | West, Foreigners, 1st spell | East | |
East | −0.115 | −0.097 | |||||
(0.016) | (0.016) | ||||||
Foreign | 0.000 | 0.016 | |||||
(0.010) | (0.012) | ||||||
Medium-skilled | 0.072 | 0.045 | 0.075 | 0.048 | 0.027 | 0.022 | 0.076 |
(0.007) | (0.008) | (0.007) | (0.008) | (0.020) | (0.023) | (0.063) | |
High-skilled | 0.127 | 0.075 | 0.130 | 0.077 | 0.150 | 0.133 | 0.052 |
(0.012) | (0.014) | (0.013) | (0.014) | (0.057) | (0.053) | (0.084) | |
Log-wage | 0.011 | 0.038 | 0.014 | 0.042 | –0.018 | –0.004 | –0.043 |
(0.006) | (0.007) | (0.006) | (0.008) | (0.024) | (0.028) | (0.047) | |
Age | 0.146 | 0.138 | 0.147 | 0.136 | 0.120 | 0.095 | 0.185 |
(0.006) | (0.008) | (0.007) | (0.008) | (0.019) | (0.024) | (0.032) | |
Age2 | –0.003 | –0.003 | –0.003 | –0.003 | –0.002 | –0.002 | –0.004 |
(0.000) | 0.000 | 0.000 | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.001) | |
Full-time | 0.025 | –0.001 | 0.022 | –0.003 | 0.079 | 0.052 | –0.071 |
(0.006) | (0.008) | (0.007) | (0.009) | (0.027) | (0.033) | (0.042) | |
2nd spell | –0.021 | –0.021 | –0.043 | –0.085 | |||
(0.005) | (0.006) | (0.025) | (0.102) | ||||
3rd spell | –0.090 | –0.083 | –0.180 | ||||
(0.012) | (0.013) | (0.042) | |||||
4th spell | –0.240 | –0.224 | –0.319 | ||||
(0.030) | (0.034) | (0.065) | |||||
N | 22,219 | 15,137 | 20,226 | 13,692 | 1,400 | 868 | 588 |