that expanded childcare for 1–2- year-olds in Norway. Our results reveal a significant increase in the overall employment …In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We … of mothers in the target group, but only weak evidence of an increase in contracted hours of work. However, both …

effect of COVID-19 on the working arrangements, housework and childcare of couples where both partners work. ties. According … more time on housework than before. The link between time devoted to childcare and working arrangements is more symmetric …

-time employment rates by 9 percentage points (+160%), household income by 10%, and mothers’ earnings by 22%. The effect on full … applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment among lower-SES families. The treatment increases lower-SES mothers’ full …-time employment is largely driven by increased care hours provided by child care centers and fathers. Overall, the treatment …

to elicit subjective expectations, and show that a mother’s decision to work is perceived to have sizable impacts on … are predictive of labor supply intentions under different policy scenarios related to childcare availability and quality …

We examine the impact of government-funded universal paid parental leave extensions on the likelihood that mothers …, such reforms neither helped nor hurt mothers’ chances to be at the top of their companies’ pay ranking or in leadership … and promotions. No reform affected fathers’ pay or the gender pay gaps between mothers and their male colleagues and …

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 … employment-to-population ratio among prime-age US women declines by 1.1 percentage points, whereas male employment rises; women …