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Productivity takes Leave? The effect of maternity and paternity leave policy on our lives and the economy

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Productivity takes Leave? The effect of maternity and paternity leave policy on our lives and the economy

Brussels Event: Professor Troeger

11th July 2018
16:00pm - 17:30pm
(followed by a networking reception)

 University of Warwick Brussels Office
Avenue d'Auderghem 22-28, 22-28 Oudergemselaan
B-1040 Brussels

Professor Troeger will use the case study of female academics to ask whether differing maternity leave provision causes differences in the productivity, career paths and job satisfaction of women in the workplace. Vera will describe how outcomes for female academics vary, and possible causes for this, including changes in UK law, and the wide variation in maternity leave benefits across the higher education sector. She will also discuss why universities across the UK have implemented such different maternity policies, drawing conclusions for what this might mean for women working in other sectors, as well as fathers and other caregivers.

Speaker
Professor Vera Troeger
Professor of Quantitative Political Economy at the University of Warwick
Research Theme Leader, Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy