Family-friendly workplace policies
Anna Raute will discuss research on firms' motives to offer family-friendly workplace policies using German matched employer-employee data.
Family-friendly workplace policies
28 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
Less is known about the supply side and the incentives for firms to provide these amenities, though research has explored the willingness to pay for family-friendly amenities.
Anna will discuss the two main incentives for firms to offer family-friendly workplace policies. First, such amenities may increase employee retention or reduce the duration of labor market breaks after the arrival of children. Second, if some workers are willing to pay for these amenities, firms can offer them to attract new workers.
Anna will discuss the findings, which suggest that firm-provided childcare enhances retention and shortens labor market breaks for mothers, especially for high-wage mothers. It also contributes to employment growth, disproportionately driven by firms attracting female talent.
This event will be particularly useful for researchers in the economics of education.
Please note this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or online.
Related links
- Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)
- Department of Learning and Leadership
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Aнастасія Стягайло via Adobe Stock.
She is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM) at UCL.
Her fields of interest are in applied microeconomics, mainly labour economics, family economics and public economics.
Further information
Ticketing
Pre-booking essential
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes
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