Young Children and Women's Labour Force Participation in Russia, 1992-2004

Economics of Transition Volume 18(4) 2010, 715–739

25 Pages Posted: 21 Jun 2013

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Louise Grogan

University of Guelph - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics; Global Labor Organization (GLO); University of Central Asia (UCA)

Katerina Koka

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

Date Written: October 17, 2010

Abstract

We document the changing labour force participation patterns of women with young children in Russia during 1992–2004. In this period maternity leave benefits became less generous, and childcare was privatized and became increasingly scarce. Using nationally representative household survey data it is shown that in 1992, there was essentially no association between the probability of a woman being a labour force participant and her having a child under age 3. However, by 2004, having children under age 3 had become associated with significantly reduced participation and employment probabilities, conditional on other observable characteristics of women and their households, and local factors. Several potential explanations for these findings are discussed.

Keywords: Female labour force participation, childcare, maternity leave, Russia, economic transition

JEL Classification: J13, J16, P200

Suggested Citation

Grogan, Louise A. and Koka, Katerina, Young Children and Women's Labour Force Participation in Russia, 1992-2004 (October 17, 2010). Economics of Transition Volume 18(4) 2010, 715–739, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2280839

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Katerina Koka

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