preferences as arising from the non-compliance of mothers to the availability of grandparents and from preferences of grandparents … grandparental childcare on mothers' labour supply is positive, statistically significant and economically relevant. The effect is … stronger for lower educated mothers, with young children and living in the North and Centre. …

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives … particularly for low income mothers not to return to the labor market after birth. East German mothers' employment outcomes matches …

levels and see their participation and employment probability as adults enhanced. We show that the estimated genuine impact … of attaining an academic qualification on participation and employment is always statistically significant, in particular …

In this paper, we measure the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Palestinian employment and earnings … overseas foreign workers in the Israeli labor market. Data on Palestinian employment and earnings are taken from the … Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Palestinian employment rates in Israel and mean monthly earnings, regardless of work location …

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the … decision to use paid child care among single mothers. The model distinguishes between the full-time and part-time employment … estimate a model that examines the effects of the price of child care and the wage rate on employment decision as well as the …

and their mothers in the U.S., using data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) and the U.S. Census … graduates are less likely to live near their mothers and older children live further from their mothers. Other demographic … proximity or coresidence, while characteristics indicating mothers' current needs for transfers (e.g., disability) are …