Policy Points: Historically, reforms that have increased the duration of jobprotected paid
parental leave have improved women's economic outcomes. By targeting the period around …

Do family policies reduce gender inequality in the labor market? We contribute to this debate
by investigating the joint impact of parental leave and childcare, using administrative data …

By the early 21st century, most high-income countries have put into effect a host of generous
and virtually gender-neutral parental leave policies and family benefits, with the multiple …

This article analyzes the impact of five major expansions in maternity leave coverage in
Germany on mothers' labor market outcomes after childbirth. To identify the causal impact of …

We assess the case for generous government-funded maternity leave, focusing on a series
of policy reforms in Norway that expanded paid leave from 18 to 35 weeks. We find the …

Most labor economics textbooks pay little attention to actual labor markets, taking as
reference a perfectly competitive market in which losing a job is not a big deal. The …

Using differenceindifference and differenceindifferenceindifference designs, we study
California's Paid Family Leave (CAPFL) program, the first source of governmentprovided …

This paper investigates whether the impact of children on the labor market outcomes of
women relative to men—child penalties—can be explained by the biological links between …

This paper provides an analytical framework and uses data from the US and Germany to test
for the existence of contagious presenteeism and negative externalities in sick leave …

Over the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women's and men's
participation in the labour market. However, this convergence has stalled since the early …