the motherhood employment gap across 186 European NUTS2 regions (over 29 countries) for the 2002-2016 period. The gender … grandmothers were 20 years old. We also account for the endogeneity of motherhood with the level of reproductive health … employment, suggesting that non-traditional gender norms mediate on the employment gender gap mainly via motherhood. …

participation has significant and negative effects on years of education and labor market outcomes. However, the effects are small …

We empirically investigate the determinants of the female decision of investing in post-secondary education, focusing … on the role played by the context where young women take their education decision. We first develop a stylized two …-period model to analyze the female decision of investing in education and highlight two main determinants: the time to be devoted …

We study the causal effect of maternal education on childhood immunization rates. We use the Compulsory Education Law … education of mothers increases the probability of completing the full course of DPT and Hepatitis B vaccinations for their … children. Furthermore, education increases the age of first marriage and birth, changes women's and their spouse's labour …

productive if they choose to become mothers. Even though motherhood temporarily handicaps their productivity, it is exactly this … cost of motherhood that signals the mothers' intrinsic high productivity. I explicitly refer to the academic labor market …