Eligibility for Maternity Leave and First Birth Timing in Great Britain

Maternity in Great Britain

Here is a comprehensive study of nearly 14,000 cases of births during the week beginning March 3rd, 1946. The enquiry was sponsored by the Joint Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Population Investigation Committee, under the chairmanship of Professor James Young. Antenatal supervision, the places of confinement, and care during confinement, the relief of...

Maternity in Great Britain

The Long-Run Effects of Wage Replacement and Job Protection: Evidence from Two Maternity Leave Reforms in Great Britain

This paper examines the effects of maternity leave coverage on women’s employment and career trajectories in Great Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey. Using a difference-in-differences identification strategy and two changes to the national maternity leave policy, I distinguish between the effects of expanding access to wage replacement benefits and the additional effect...

Maternity Leave for Residents and Young Attendings

This is a very charged topic! I have varied opinions on this topic depending upon whether I am wearing my hat as a department chair and residency director or as a mother and grandmother to a daughter and granddaughter. To give some historical context, I must share with the readership that my first child was a stillborn during my chief residency year in dermatology. I took three days off after t...

Maternity and Family Leave Policy∗

Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world, the existing research yields the following general conclusions. First, despite important barriers to the take-up of leave, both the implementation of new pro...