Employment of mothers with young children in the Czech Republic
| Author: | Bc. Theodor Šářec |
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| Year: | 2016 - summer |
| Leaders: | Mgr. Barbara Pertold-Gebicka M.A., Ph.D. |
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| Work type: | Bachelors |
| Language: | English |
| Pages: | 45 |
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| Link: | https://is.cuni.cz/webapps/zzp/detail/151576/ |
| Abstract: | The main function of maternal leave is to protect and subsidize mothers of young children. This is mainly achieved by the system of job protection and the system of paid benefits. The amount of time spent on maternal leave out of the job market, however, causes an increase in human capital loss. In the main part of this thesis, we investigate decision patterns of mothers of young children who wish to work. Using methods of linear probability, probit and logit models on LFS data set, we test the hypotheses that state a relationship between probability of search for a job and characteristics of mothers and her children. We conclude that there is a significant relationship between a number of children and probability of search for a job. We also find out that there is a connection between the age of the youngest child and probability of mother to search for a job. Moreover, we find out that between the first and the second year as well as between the second and third year of child’s age the change in the probability of search for a job is the highest. |
