출산전후 휴가 및 육아휴직 활용가능성이출산에 미치는 영향 : 신혼여성을 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to determine how the institutional support policies for women’s work-family balance, which was emphasized as a method of coping with the issue of the low birthrate, affected the actual childbirth. In particular, it analyses the effect of the usability of such systems as maternity and parental leave and childcare leave-two of the most representative policies for the work-family balance-on the actual childbirth. For this purpose, the data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS) of the 4th to 19th years were used to determine the differences in the transition-to-childbirth period (between the date of marriage and the birthday of the first child) and in the likelihood of childbirth within three years between female wage earners able to use maternity, parental leave and childcare leave and those unable to use them at the time of marriage. At the time of marriage, the female wage earners expected to be able to use maternity and parental leave were relatively more likely to have childbirth than those expected to be unable to use it; the female wage earners expected to be able to use childcare leave were also more likely to have childbirth than those expected to be unable to use it. The female wage earners able to use these systems were also more likely to have childbirth within three years after marriage than those expected to be unable to use them. This study is significant in that it has empirically analyses the positive effects of maternity and parental or childcare leave usability on childbirth among female wage earners and reconfirmed that the institutional support for women’s work-family balance, which was emphasized as a method of coping with the issue of the low birthrate, is justifiable.