Plausibly Exogenous [1016] - Child Penalty (11/12/2022)
LHS Variable
“Child Penalty” i.e. large drop in labor supply and labor earnings when becoming parents experienced by women
RHS Variable
Working arrangements
Source of Exogenous Variation
Variation in the timing of the Australian 2009 Fair Work Act which explicitly entitled parents of young children to request a (reasonable) change in working arrangements
- Ciasullo and Uccioli (2022), “What Works for Working Mothers? A Regular Schedule Lowers the Child Penalty”