The Effect of Changes in Maternity Leave Policy on Labor Market Outcomes for Females in Brazil

Maternity leave policy has changed a few times over the last 20 years in Brazil. This dissertation investigates how a ceiling imposed on the maternity leave benefit paid by Brazilian Social Security in Dec, 1998 and its temporary suspension in May, 1999 affected females' employment and earnings...

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Main Author: Bastos de Malafaia, Viviane Maria
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2009
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/econ_diss/35
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=econ_diss