Maternity and labor markets : impact of legislation in Colombia

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Borradores de Economía; No. 870
Date published
2015-03-04
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2015-03-04
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Ramírez-Bustamante, Natalia
Tribín-Uribe, Ana María
Vargas-Riaño, Carmiña Ofelia
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spa
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Abstract
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
JEL Codes
K31 - Labor LawJ08 - Labor Economics PoliciesJ3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor CostsJ2 - Demand and Supply of LaborJ7 - Labor Discrimination
Keywords
Maternity leave ; Women's labor market ; Labor regulation ;
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https://repositorio.banrep.gov.co/handle/20.500.12134/6159
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12134/6159
https://doi.org/10.32468/be.870
https://ideas.repec.org/p/bdr/borrec/870.html
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