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Can Maternity Benefits Have Long-Term Effects On Childbearing? Evidence From Soviet Russia, Olga Malkova Oct 2018

Can Maternity Benefits Have Long-Term Effects On Childbearing? Evidence From Soviet Russia, Olga Malkova

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper quantifies the effects of Russia’s 1981 expansion in maternity benefits on completed childbearing. The program provided one year of partially paid parental leave and a small cash transfer upon a child’s birth. I exploit the program’s two-stage implementation and find evidence that women had more children as a result of the program. Fertility rates rose immediately by 8.2% over twelve months. The increase in fertility rates not only persisted for the ten-year duration of the program, but it reflected large increases in higher-order births to older women who already had children before the program started.


Pay And Time Of Day, Kevin F. Hallock Mar 2014

Pay And Time Of Day, Kevin F. Hallock

Economics Faculty Publications

Is when we work an important part of total rewards? Total rewards are important to workers and organizations.


Vacation As Compensation, Kevin F. Hallock Aug 2012

Vacation As Compensation, Kevin F. Hallock

Economics Faculty Publications

There is enormous variation in vacation time. Just as there are differences in what pay mix and workplace pract ices are normal, so are there differences in vacation time — across countries, occupations, companies and time.


Nothing Lasts Forever: A Different Way To Structure Severance, Kevin F. Hallock Jan 2012

Nothing Lasts Forever: A Different Way To Structure Severance, Kevin F. Hallock

Economics Faculty Publications

When a CEO receives a massive payout in the face of job cuts and a precipitous drop in stock price, should we really be surprised to see shareholders (and the public) get upset?