not have children and not due to the wage penalty incurred by mothers. …We examine how much children and responsibilities related with them contribute towards the divergence of men's and …

"It is well known that children reared in non-intact families on average have less favorable educational outcomes than … children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and Sweden indicates that living in a non-intact family … children's outcomes in terms of educational attainment and earnings using data from Sweden and the United States. Comparing the …

It is well known that children reared in non-intact families on average have less favorable educational outcomes than … children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and Sweden indicates that living in a non-intact family … children's outcomes in terms of educational attainment and earnings using data from Sweden and the United States. Comparing the …

biological parents. Adopting mothers by definition do not experience sex-specific comparative advantage in childcare due to … all mothers, although slightly smaller for the adopting mothers than for the biological mothers. Neither adopting nor …

employment transitions of West German, East German and migrant mothers of pre-school children. The results indicate that West … work by spouses, kin and friends can facilitate mothers’ return to full-time or part-time positions within the first six … German and migrant mothers return to work sooner if they have access to kin, and that kinship support is particularly …