allows us to study the income effect. After the reform, mothers substantially prolonged the average period they drew an … allowance. The labor market participation of mothers of young children decreased by 6 percentage points (15%). The estimated … particularly strong among mothers with their first child (10 p.p. or 28%) and among university-educated mothers (16 p.p. or 36 …

exploit the setting of the German reunification. A state socialist country, East Germany strongly encouraged mothers to … participate in the labor market full-time, whereas West Germany propagated a more traditional male breadwinner-model. After … reunification, we show that even a partial exposure to East German colleagues induces "native" West German mothers to accelerate …

identification strategy relies on German maternity leave length. The key aspect of the maternal leave framework is that mothers can … wage. The results provide evidence that mothers are willing to sacrifice a significant fraction of their wage to reduce …

. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … time. -- employment ; mothers ; parental leave ; East Germany ; child care …We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …

data on West Germany are used and we exploit the expansionary family policy during the late 1980s and 1990s for … identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …

of mothers in the target group, but only weak evidence of an increase in contracted hours of work. However, both … adjustments are only short term following the reform. When we consider sub-groups of mothers more closely, we find substantial … heterogeneity in the affected outcomes and the timing of these effects. In particular, when we exclude mothers on job …

applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment among lower-SES families. The treatment increases lower-SES mothers' full …-time employment rates by 9 percentage points (+160%), household income by 10%, and mothers' earnings by 22%. The effect on full …