Abstract

Women experience negative labour market e ects after giving birth, which is known as the child
penalty. This relationship is also found in countries that have child bene t and employment protection
schemes in place. In this project we analyse whether ElterngeldPlus, a child bene t scheme that
incentivises part-time work by the child bene t recipient, leads to a reduction in the child penalty
in the short term (while child bene ts are received) and in the medium term (after expiration of
the child bene t and the employment protection periods).