Title: Identifying the Eect of Temporal Work Flexibility on Parental Time with Children
Abstract: It is recognized that employment policies must grant flexibility to the working schedules to allow parents to reconcile family and work. By exploiting the particularity of the East German labor market, I am able to identify the causal effect of temporal work flexibility on parental time with children. The analysis unambiguously shows that it allows mothers to spend about 32 percent more time with their children. Basic and recreational time are increased for mothers. There is further evidence that father who work flexitime make up for their limited time during the workweek by spending significantly more time with their kids during weekends.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-05-20
Language: en
Type: article
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