This paper studies the effect of parenthood timing on future wages. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … (SOEP), we employ an instrumental variable approach to identify the causal effect of delaying parenthood on wages of mothers … and fathers. Consistent with previous studies, we provide evidence for a positive delaying effect on wages. We further …

impact of short parental leave on mothers' employment status and subsequent wages, with a special focus on the part … wages of first mothers at the global level. However, for part-time paid leave takers, the reform increases the employment … rate but decreases the subsequent wages. The wages remain lower two years after child birth, especially for the most …

This paper compares early childhood enrichment programs that promote social mobility for disadvantaged children within … analyze new long-run life-cycle data collected for iconic programs when participants are middle-aged and their children are in … their twenties. The iconic programs are omnibus in nature and offer many services to children and their parents. We compare …

We shed new light on the effects of having children on hourly wages by exploiting access to data on the entire … amount of hours off due to holidays and sickness. Our results suggest that childbearing reduces female hourly wages but the …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond … large and comparable data sets or to conventional approaches that limit the possibilities to compare men and women. …

same time, regional differences in labour market performance have grown. Raising the low employment rate of women with … young children would mitigate labour force ageing and prevent skill deterioration of a highly educated labour force. Over …

, on average, women have lower education attainment than men but this educational disparity is masked among the sample of … employed men and women who tend to be well-educated. The consequences of this dramatic segmentation of labor market … of employed women, among other characteristics, tends to fully offset the gender wage gap. Not surprisingly, the returns …

, on average, women have lower education attainment than men but this educational disparity is masked among the sample of … employed men and women who tend to be well-educated. The consequences of this dramatic segmentation of labor market … of employed women, among other characteristics, tends to fully offset the gender wage gap. Not surprisingly, the returns …