The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings

The persistence of a wage gap between mothers and non-mothers has been widely analyzed. However, we know little about the impact of family policies on this relative motherhood penalty. This study investigates the extent to which unpaid leave granted for longer-term care of young children after an in...

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Autores: Dominguez-Folgueras, Marta, González López, María José, 1966-, Lapuerta, Irene
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/59738
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxab046
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Palabra clave:Motherhood penalty
Family policy
Income inequalities
Spain
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spelling The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earningsDominguez-Folgueras, MartaGonzález López, María José, 1966-Lapuerta, IreneMotherhood penaltyFamily policyIncome inequalitiesSpainThe persistence of a wage gap between mothers and non-mothers has been widely analyzed. However, we know little about the impact of family policies on this relative motherhood penalty. This study investigates the extent to which unpaid leave granted for longer-term care of young children after an initial spell of maternity leave affects the motherhood wage gap, and whether full-time leave and part-time leave differ in this respect. We use panel data from the Continuous Sample of Working Lives and rely on a sample consisting of 959,359 women aged twenty-five to forty-seven between 2005 and 2012. We find first a negative association between use and duration of unpaid parental leave and mothers’ wages, and second that a full-time unpaid leave carries higher wage penalties than a part-time unpaid leave of the same duration. This study has major implications for policymaking.The authors would like to thank the Recercaixa 2014, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (projects CSO2017-89397-R and PID2020-119339GB-C22), and the Public University of Navarre (Grant for Young Researchers 2018) for supporting this study.Oxford University Press202420242022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/59738http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxab046reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésSocial politics. 2022 Spring;29(1):164-89info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CSO2017-89397-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-119339GB-C22© Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society following peer review. The version of record Dominguez-Folgueras M, González MJ, Lapuerta I. The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings. Soc Polit. 2022 Spring;29(1):164-89. is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxab046info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/597382026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
title The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
spellingShingle The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
Dominguez-Folgueras, Marta
Motherhood penalty
Family policy
Income inequalities
Spain
title_short The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
title_full The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
title_fullStr The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
title_full_unstemmed The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
title_sort The motherhood penalty in Spain: the effect of full-and part-time parental leave on women's earnings
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Dominguez-Folgueras, Marta
González López, María José, 1966-
Lapuerta, Irene
author Dominguez-Folgueras, Marta
author_facet Dominguez-Folgueras, Marta
González López, María José, 1966-
Lapuerta, Irene
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Lapuerta, Irene
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Motherhood penalty
Family policy
Income inequalities
Spain
topic Motherhood penalty
Family policy
Income inequalities
Spain
description The persistence of a wage gap between mothers and non-mothers has been widely analyzed. However, we know little about the impact of family policies on this relative motherhood penalty. This study investigates the extent to which unpaid leave granted for longer-term care of young children after an initial spell of maternity leave affects the motherhood wage gap, and whether full-time leave and part-time leave differ in this respect. We use panel data from the Continuous Sample of Working Lives and rely on a sample consisting of 959,359 women aged twenty-five to forty-seven between 2005 and 2012. We find first a negative association between use and duration of unpaid parental leave and mothers’ wages, and second that a full-time unpaid leave carries higher wage penalties than a part-time unpaid leave of the same duration. This study has major implications for policymaking.
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