over 70,000 individuals in the Synthetic SIPP Beta to examine the earnings gap between mothers and non-mothers over the … similar patterns, with experience gaps between mothers and non-mothers generally increasing over the lifecycle and decreasing … gap between mothers and non-mothers declines from around $220,000 for women born in the late 1940s to around $160,000 for …

that temporal flexibility has a U-shaped relationship with the wage rates of both fathers and mothers, and that temporal …

We explore the impact of successful job search after childbirth on mothers' labor market careers. Using a bounding … new employer after childbirth leads to an increase in re-employment earnings only for mothers at the upper part of the … earnings distribution. For these mothers, initial job search also increases long-term earnings. We provide evidence that …

, and working mothers are on a path toward a high-wage equilibrium, slow convergence can permanently lose earnings. We use … maternal leave exacerbates the shock which pleads against long leaves. Similarly, cash transfers to mothers via the income … effect on labor supply aggravate gender wage differences. By contrast, temporary subsidies to mothers' wages (possibly in the …

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 …

Why do women experience a persistent drop in labor earnings upon becoming mothers, i.e. a "child penalty"? We study a … between mothers and similar women with no children. Mothers send 12.2% fewer job applications and are more selective regarding … applications are sent and highlight differences in the timing of job search. We find that mothers' rate of applications decreases …