MATERNITY CAPITAL AND THE MOTHERHOOD WAGE PENALTY: EVIDENCE FROM RUSSIA
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Date
2022-05
Authors
Kenzhetayev, Rustem
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Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities
Abstract
This paper analyzes the implications of the maternity capital policy on the earnings
of mothers with one or two children under 18 in Russia. The main goals of this paper are
to obtain the most recent estimates of the motherhood wage penalty in Russia and to
observe the impact of the maternity capital policy on the magnitude and the direction
of the motherhood wage gap. I use the Fixed-Effects model to control for the individual specific heterogeneity and I utilize propensity score matching to control for the self selection. The results suggest a presence of the motherhood wage gap in the order of
3-4% for one child under 18 and 6-10% for two children under 18 on average. Overall,
the maternity capital policy decreased the wage differentials between mothers with two
children and non-mothers. However, this decrease was not sufficient to eliminate the
motherhood wage penalty or turn it into the motherhood wage premium
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Type of access: Open Access, maternity capital policy, Russia, motherhood
Citation
Kenzhetayev Rustem (2022). Maternity capital and the motherhood wage penalty: evidence from Russia. Nazarbayev University, Nur-sultan, Kazakhstan