We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian … show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for … by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to …

employment-to-population ratio among prime-age US women declines by 1.1 percentage points, whereas male employment rises; women … lapses in implicit childcare−provide a unifying explanation for these patterns. The summer drop in female employment aligns … and gender differences within jobs in the propensity to exit employment over the summer. Summer childcare constraints may …

attachment. Exploiting variation in labor market tightness across metropolitan areas, we show that the employment of populations … the employment of less attached workers when the central bank follows an average inflation targeting rule and when the …

the motherhood employment gap across 186 European NUTS2 regions (over 29 countries) for the 2002-2016 period. The gender … employment, suggesting that non-traditional gender norms mediate on the employment gender gap mainly via motherhood …

This paper studies the employment and reallocation effects of minimum wages in Germany in a search-and-matching model … with endogenous job search effort and vacancy posting, multiple employment levels, a progressive tax-transfer system, and …, hours worked and output without reducing employment. In frictional labor markets, however, reallocation takes time whenever …

poor re-employment outcomes …