Bibliographic citations
Rossinelli, D., Villaverde, D. (2021). Efecto de la ampliación de la licencia de maternidad de 90 a 98 días sobre el desarrollo infantil temprano en Perú para el periodo 2016-2019 [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/660641
Rossinelli, D., Villaverde, D. Efecto de la ampliación de la licencia de maternidad de 90 a 98 días sobre el desarrollo infantil temprano en Perú para el periodo 2016-2019 [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/660641
@misc{renati/400118,
title = "Efecto de la ampliación de la licencia de maternidad de 90 a 98 días sobre el desarrollo infantil temprano en Perú para el periodo 2016-2019",
author = "Villaverde Hernández, Diana",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2021"
}
This study evaluates the effects of the reform referred to the extension of the maternity leave, from 90 to 98 days, implemented in Peru in 2016 on the seven results identified as part of the “Primero la Infancia” Guidelines, associated with different moments of the child’s development. To do this, we used information from the Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES) for the years 2015 to 2019 and applied a regression discontinuity approach, considering the intent-to-treat estimator and filters that approximated our sample to an eligible group of women for this benefit, such that children who were born after the implementation date of the law are considered as beneficiaries (treatment group) and those who were born before are not (control group). The results reveal that a longer duration of maternity leave contributes positively to the birth weight of newborns (+0.09/+0.1kg), the child nutritional status (malnutrition WHO: -4/-5 pp.) and their ability to represent and evoke events or objects that are not present (+8/+12 pp.). This work contributes to the existing literature on maternity protection and investment policies in early childhood by being the first to analyze the effects of the maternity leave extension policy on early childhood outcomes in Peru.
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