I study possible determinants of part-time employment among women in France and Germany using microdata of the Labour … Force Survey. Voluntary part-time work is substantially more widespread among women in Germany than it is in France …. Estimation results show that while the presence of children and marital status are related to the choice to work part time in …

incentives to increase the time spent working can be well complemented by policies which ensure that experienced young women are …

Wage expectations for full- and part-time employment are key for understanding the labor supply decisions of women …. However, whether women expect different wages between part-time and full-time work is not fully understood. Using German … document that women, on average, expect only minor part-time wage penalties (1-3 percent). Comparing beliefs to selectivity …

Wage growth occurs almost exclusively in full-time work, whereas it is close to zero in part-time work. German women … joint taxation. The most significant impact of the bias appears for college-educated women. …

. Heterogeneity analyses document a strong age pattern showing that the employment effects are driven by behavioral responses of women …

. Heterogeneity analyses document a strong age pattern showing that the employment effects are driven by behavioral responses of women …