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This study examines how paid maternity leave (ML) impacted fertility and mothers’ labor force participation in Romania. The ML gives mothers the right to paid leave until the child turns one year old, and it offers \({65{\%}}\) of monthly income before birth. I examine the effects of this policy change using a regression discontinuity design and census data. I show that mothers who are eligible for ML are 2.5 percentage-points more likely to have an additional child than those ineligible. The effect is persistent for seven years after the policy was implemented. I find no significant results regarding the mother’s labor force participation. These results have important implications regarding the shrinking working-age population and the ability to fund benefits programs.
本研究探讨了带薪产假（ML）对罗马尼亚生育率和母亲劳动力参与率的影响。带薪产假赋予母亲在孩子一岁前享受带薪休假的权利，并在孩子出生前提供（{65{/%}}/）的月收入。我使用回归不连续设计和人口普查数据研究了这一政策变化的影响。我的研究表明，与不符合条件的母亲相比，符合 ML 条件的母亲多生一个孩子的可能性要高出 2.5 个百分点。该效应在政策实施后的七年内持续存在。在母亲的劳动力参与方面，我没有发现明显的结果。这些结果对劳动适龄人口的萎缩和福利计划的资助能力具有重要意义。
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The Journal of Labor Research provides an outlet for original research on all aspects of behavior affecting labor market outcomes. The Journal provides a forum for both empirical and theoretical research on labor economics. The journal welcomes submissions issues relating to labor markets and employment relations, including labor demand and supply, personnel economics, unions and collective bargaining, employee participation, dispute resolution, labor market policies, types of employment relationships, the interplay between labor market variables and policy issues in labor economics are published by the Journal. The Journal of Labor Research also publishes book reviews relating to these topics.
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