Learning and Work Hybrid Seminars, Maastricht University, SBE, Spring 2024

When: April 23
Time: 12h00 – 13h00
Where: TS53: room A1.22 / Zoom

Presenter: Olivier Marie (Erasmus University)
Title: Poor rich women? Labour market effects of de-subsidising childcare for high-income mothers” with Garbiele Mari and Renske Stans

Abstract: We investigate how subsidies affect the labour market outcomes of women in high-income households, where child penalties are often steeper but childcare expenses might be easier to pay out of pocket. Using a stacked difference-in-difference design and admin data, we examine a 2013 reform which curtailed childcare subsidies for high-income households in the Netherlands. For women affected by the reform, we find steeper post-childbirth earnings losses and reductions in labour supply at the extensive and intensive margin, depending on the child’s age at subsidy loss. Use of unpaid leave increases in the first period after childbirth, followed by more frequent moves to female-dominated and part-time intensive sectors. We show evidence of heterogeneous responses based on how much women contributed to household income and their employment sector before childbirth. Suggestive evidence points to protracted employment losses in the medium term.

May 14: tba
May 21: Elke Claes (ROA)
May 28: Jonna Blanck (WZB)
June 4: Libertad Gonzalez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
June 11: Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam)
June 25: Robert Dur (Erasmus University)
July 2: Robert Mahlstedt (Copenhagen University)

April 16: Environmental Awareness and Occupational Choices of Adolescents - Patrick Lehnert (UZH, University of Zürich)

April 9: Can Public Policies Break the Gender Mold? Evidence from Paternity Leave Reforms in Six Countries - Sébastien Fontenay (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

March 26: The Cost of Air Pollution for Workers and Firms - Marion Leroutier (Institute for Fiscal Studies London)

March 19: Worker Representatives - Thomas Dohmen (University of Bonn)

March 12: Building Health across Generations: Unraveling the Impact of Early Childcare on Maternal Health (with Laia Bosque-Mercader) - Mara Barschkett (BiB Federal Institute for Population Research)

March 5:  Labour market information on students' occupational choice: One-format-fits-all? Evidence from a field experiment - Sandra Perez (ROA, Maastricht University)

February 27: Can Work Time Reduction really deliver Improved Productivity and A Four-Day Week to all? - Brendan Burchell (University of Cambridge)

February 20: Training Jobseekers to Address Labour Shortages: An Experimental Study on Information Barriers - Elisabeth Leduc (Erasmus University)

January 30: Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Inequalities in AI Use, Attitudes and Skills - Giedo Jansen (UvA AIAS-HIS)

January 23: Tax incentives for high skilled immigrants: Evidence from a preferential tax scheme in the Netherlands - Paul Muller (VU University Amsterdam)

January 16: The Shift Premium: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment - Sam Desiere (Ghent University)