3 cuidado de ninos y aclara las implicaciones de los disenos de polıtica para provisiones de
los hombres. El estudio también discute la creciente literatura sobre las consecuencias …

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

Existing research shows that women's employment patterns are not driven so much by
gender as by motherhood, with childless people and fathers employed at substantially …

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 …

We study a change in maternity leave entitlements in Norway. Mothers giving birth before
July 1, 1977, were eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave, while those giving birth after that …

This article focuses on three countries with distinct policies toward motherhood and work:
Germany, Sweden and the United States. We analyze the length of mothers' time out of paid …

The authors investigate the relationship between family policy and women's attachment to
the labor market, focusing specifically on policy feedback on women's subjective work …

Education and fertility (including childrearing) are foundational processes in societal
metabolism, and the relationship between them can have profound, long-term effects on a …

Cross-country differences in both the age at first birth and fertility are substantial in Europe.
This paper uses distinct fluctuations in unemployment rates across European countries …

In 2007, Germany implemented a generous parental leave regulation in order to make
parenthood more attractive and more compatible with a working career, especially for …