TY - JOUR
T1 - Native-immigrant differences in the effect of children on the gender pay gap
AU - Nieto Castro, Adrian
PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - This paper explores gender differences in the career paths of immigrant and native parents before and after childbirth using Spanish administrative data and an event study specification. I find an important gender pay gap emerging after childbirth for both immigrants and natives, and that the drivers of these gender pay gaps strongly differ between natives and immigrants: while children generate higher gender gaps in labour participation and part-time work for natives, the gender gaps in employment and permanent employment are greater for immigrants. I investigate whether the deterioration of mothers’ careers originates from workers’ or employers’ decisions, and show that the main reason for native mothers is to temporarily stop working, while for immigrant mothers is being dismissed. Finally, I show that the educational background of parents is an important determinant of the native-immigrant differences I find in the effect of children on the gender pay gap, while the cultural background is not.
AB - This paper explores gender differences in the career paths of immigrant and native parents before and after childbirth using Spanish administrative data and an event study specification. I find an important gender pay gap emerging after childbirth for both immigrants and natives, and that the drivers of these gender pay gaps strongly differ between natives and immigrants: while children generate higher gender gaps in labour participation and part-time work for natives, the gender gaps in employment and permanent employment are greater for immigrants. I investigate whether the deterioration of mothers’ careers originates from workers’ or employers’ decisions, and show that the main reason for native mothers is to temporarily stop working, while for immigrant mothers is being dismissed. Finally, I show that the educational background of parents is an important determinant of the native-immigrant differences I find in the effect of children on the gender pay gap, while the cultural background is not.
KW - Children
KW - Gender gap
KW - Immigrant
KW - Inequality
KW - Native
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.01.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.01.015
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-2681
VL - 183
SP - 654
EP - 680
JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
ER -