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Epifanio, Mariaelisa and Troeger, Vera (2018) Maternity leaves in Academia : why are some UK universities more generous than others? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1158).
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Abstract
Statutory parental leave provisions in the UK are amongst the least generous as compared to other EU and OECD countries. That is why most companies and other institutions, such as universities, top these legal provisions up with more generous occupational parental leave packages (OMPs). Yet, they don’t do so uniformly. Indeed, the generosity of OMPs offered by HEIs across the UK differ greatly. This paper examines both theoretically and empirically why this is the case. We find that income of HEIs doesn’t make a difference but size in terms of number of employees as well as the student-to-staff ratio do. Our results also show that more research intense universities with a higher previous share of female professors and female academics at child-bearing age provide more generous maternity pay. We offer a range of explanations for these findings.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Women college teachers -- Employment -- Great Britain, Work and family -- Great Britain, Parental leave -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain, Parenthood -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain | ||||||
| Series Name: | Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) | ||||||
| Publisher: | University of Warwick. Department of Economics | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0083-7350 | ||||||
| Official Date: | March 2018 | ||||||
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| Number: | 1158 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 43 | ||||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
| Description: | CAGE discussion paper 365 |
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