Fam mat leave amount own

Quick info
Data type	Original units
Scale	String
Value labels	digit % of earnings
Technical name	fam_mat_leave_amount_own
Category	Family and gender policies
Label	Amount - Maternity leave (own coding)
Related indicators	fam_mat_leave_amount_repl_ own (Amount of maternity benefit in replacement rate)

Amount of maternity benefit in original units

Coding rules

This variable provides detailed information about the amount of maternity benefit, preserving the original coding from national legislation texts as much as possible. Most of the entries are coded as “digit % of earnings”. However, a few cases are coded as flat rates, minimum wages, or in kind.

Bibliographic info

Citation: Keonhi Son, Tobias Böger, Simone Tonelli, Petra Buhr, Sonja Drobnič, and Johannes Huinink, 2020, “Codebook of Historical Database on Maternity Leave (HDML)”, available at: “https://www.socialpolicydynamics.de/sfb-publikationen/sfb-1342-technical-paper-series”.

Related publications: NA (no information available)

Misc

Project manager(s): Keonhi Son, Tobias Böger, Simone Tonelli, Petra Buhr, Sonja Drobnič, and Johannes Huinink (A06)

Data release: tbd

Revisions: tbd

Sources

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• Gauthier, Anne H. 2011. Comparative Family Policy Database. Rostock: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR).

  https://www.demogr.mpg.de/cgi-bin/databases/FamPolDB/about.plx
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  1999-2019 reports: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/
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