The Effects of Mandatory Maternity and Pregnancy Benefits on Women's Wages and Employment in Taiwan, 1984-1996

Bibliographic Data

ID3351775
AuthorsYu-Cheng Lai, Yu‐Cheng Lai (0000-0003-0475-0602, Chang Jung Christian University), Stanley Master, Stanley H Masters, Stanley Masters
Year2005
Volume58
Issue2
Pages274-281
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979390505800206
OpenAlexW1662061757
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited1

The Labor Standards Law of Taiwan requires employers to offer maternity and pregnancy benefits. Because these requirements increase the cost to firms of employing young women, standard economic theory predicts that such workers will experience a relative decline in employment, wages, or both. Using data from Taiwan's Manpower Utilization Survey for the years 1978-96, the authors find that in those sectors of the economy covered by the legislation, wages and employment of young women did indeed fall relative to the wages and employment of two comparison groups, young men and older women

Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Legislation · Maternity leave · National Longitudinal Surveys · Political science · Pregnancy · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Work-Family Balance Challenges