Maternity and labor markets : impact of legislation in Colombia

Número: 
870
Publicado: 
Clasificación JEL: 
J08, J2, J3, J7, K31
Palabras clave: 
Maternity Leave, Women’s Labor Market, Labor Regulation

Our research seeks to determine the impact on female labor outcomes of the amendment on the Colombian labor law in which maternity leave was extended from 12 to 14 weeks (through Law 1468 of July 2011). To identify this impact we compare labor market outc