Children and Career Interruptions: The Family Gap in Denmark

32 Pages Posted: 23 Apr 2001

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Nina Smith

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Nabanita Datta Gupta

Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: February 2001

Abstract

The effect of children and career interruptions on the family gap is analysed based on Danish longitudinal data covering the years 1980-1995. The estimated model controls for unobserved time-constant heterogeneity. The results show that when controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, the negative effect of children on mothers' wages disappears. The main effect of children seems to be loss of human capital accumulation during childbirth periods. Beside this, there is no indication that children have long-term effects on the earnings potential of their mothers, holding experience constant.

Keywords: Children, Career Interruptions, Family Gap, Unobserved Heterogeneity

JEL Classification: J9

Suggested Citation

Smith, Nina and Datta Gupta, Nabanita, Children and Career Interruptions: The Family Gap in Denmark (February 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=267195 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.267195

Nina Smith (Contact Author)

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Nabanita Datta Gupta

Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University ( email )

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Germany

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