The impact of Vietnam’s 2013 extension of paid maternity leave on women’s labour force participation
Tác giả:
Caroline M. Joyce, Tuan T. Nguyen, Toan N. Pham, Roger Mathisen & Arijit Nandi
Loại tài liệu:
Bài trích tạp chí
Năm xuất bản:
2023
Lĩnh vực nghiên cứu:
Quan hệ Lao động, tiền lương và bảo hiểm xã hội|| Các lĩnh vực khác
Nguồn trích:
Journal of Asian Public Policy
Tóm tắt: In 2013, Vietnam expanded its paid maternity leave from four to six
months. This study evaluated whether the expansion of Vietnam’s
paid maternity leave policy was associated with improved long-
term labour market outcomes for Vietnamese women. We used
a regression discontinuity design to evaluate the impact of this
policy on the probability of women holding a job and a formal
labour contract three to five years after giving birth.
Implementation of the policy was not associated with an overall
increase in the probability of holding a paid job (RD = −1.9 percen
tage-points, 95% CI = −4.0, 0.1) or paid job with labour contract (RD
= −2.6 percentage-points, 95% CI = −5.3, 0.1). Expansion of the
policy was associated with a decreased probability of holding
a formal labour contract among women with an upper secondary
school education (RD = −3.6 percentage-points; 95% CI −6.4, −0.8)
and without other young children (RD = −4.6 percentage-points;
95% CI = −7.9, −1.4). Our analyses suggest that Vietnam’s imple
mentation of an expanded paid maternity leave policy has not
translated to an increase in the probability of holding a paid job
or formal paid job three to five years after giving birth.
Từ khóa:
Maternal labour force Paid maternity leave Vietnam Regression discontinuity