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dc.titleMaternity and Labor Markets: Impact of Legislation in Colombia
dc.contributor.authorRamírez Bustamante, Natalia
dc.contributor.authorTribin Uribe, Ana Maria
dc.contributor.authorVargas, Carmiña
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Andean Group
dc.coverageColombia
dc.date.available2015-03-19T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2015-03-13T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis study seeks to determine the impact on female labor outcomes of the amendment to the Colombian labor law that extended maternity leave from 12 to 14 weeks (Law 1468 of July 2011). To identify this impact, labor market outcomes of two groups of women with different fertility rates are compared. The study finds evidence that as a result of the extension of the maternity leave period, women in the high-fertility age group experience an increase in inactivity rates, informality, and self-employment. The study points to the need for a redesign of maternity protection policy that would enable the economic and social costs of bearing children to be shared by both parents and that may generate social change regarding the importance of paternal care.
dc.format.extent52
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011684
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Maternity-and-Labor-Markets-Impact-of-Legislation-in-Colombia.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWorkforce and Employment
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectLabor Market
dc.subjectInformal Labor
dc.subjectInformal Economy
dc.subjectSelf Employment
dc.subject.jelcodeJ08 - Labor Economics Policies
dc.subject.jelcodeJ2 - Demand and Supply of Labor
dc.subject.jelcodeJ7 - Labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeK31 - Labor Law
dc.subject.keywordsFemale labor market;Maternity leave;Labor regulation
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRg-t1989
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