Krapf, Matthias; Ursprung, Heinrich W.; Zimmermann, … - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2014
We examine the effect of parenthood on the research productivity of academic economists. Combining the survey responses … motherhood is associated with low research productivity. Nor do we find a statistically significant unconditional effect of a … first child on research productivity. Conditional difference-in-differences estimates, however, suggest that the effect of …