@techreport{SchmiederWeichselbaumerWeltekeetal., type = {Working Paper}, author = {Schmieder, Julia and Weichselbaumer, Doris and Welteke, Clara and Wrohlich, Katharina}, title = {Parental Leave and Discrimination in the Labor Market}, series = {Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers}, journal = {Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers}, edition = {No. 54}, doi = {10.48462/opus4-5656}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-56564}, pages = {38}, abstract = {Promoting fathers to take parental leave is seen as a promising way to advance gender equality. However, there is still a very limited understanding of its impact on fathers' labor market outcomes. We conducted a correspondence study to analyze whether fathers who take parental leave face discrimination during the hiring process in three different occupations. Fathers who took parental leave in a female-dominated or gender-neutral occupation are not less likely to be invited to a job interview compared to fathers who did not take leave. However, in the male-dominated occupation, fathers who have taken long parental leave are penalized. Regardless of leave-taking, fathers are treated less favorably than mothers in the female-dominated and the gender-neutral occupation, while the opposite is true for the male-dominated occupation. This suggests the presence of strong gender norms concerning the perception of ideal employees in different occupations.}, language = {en} }