marriage or pregnancy, is responsible for women exiting the labor force upon motherhood. … drawn from SHARE, we show that although marriage has a negative effect on women's employment (3.3%), its magnitude is much … assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (rather than live births), which tend to occur around the birth of …

women since there are other institutions in place aiming at facilitating the combination of work and family. Using Swedish …-employment as a way of balancing work and family commitments. We suggest an alternative interpretation which is that women who chose … in the household and self-employment probabilities among women. This has been seen as an indication of women with young …

non-married cohabiting parents. This effect results from a reduced risk of single parenthood among women who gained from … the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and …

certain sectors and jobs were required to leave their jobs once they married. The majority of women affected by this "Marriage … compare the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were required to leave employment on marriage because of the … Marriage Bar to the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were not required to do so. It is found that the …

Does single motherhood adversely affect infant health? This question is not easy to answer because of the endogeneity … any significant advantage of legal marriage among young mothers. … of coresidence during pregnancy. In this paper, we exploit quasi-natural variation in single motherhood from the moment …

that couples avoided divorce altogether rather than simply delaying it. While mothers extended their leave by several …

nest is negatively associated with older mothers' marriage probability. There is scope for better targeting of both family … and on mothers' labour market outcomes. Much less is known about older mothers' employment and marriage patterns when the … find that older women's retirement probability is positively associated with an empty nest. We also conclude that an empty …

In many countries, the Sixties marked a turning point in the history of women's emancipation. Using data with …, this change in family environment did not coincide with any decline in their educational or occupational achievement. …

We examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women's health and survival in Mexico … observe small or null impacts on women's health from increasing sanctions on illegal abortion. We find some evidence to …

In this paper we show that motherhood triggers changes in the allocation of talent in the labor market besides the well … drawn from SHARE to assess the labor market responses to motherhood across groups with different educational attainment …, math ability by the age of 10, and personality traits. We find that while even the most talented women - both in absolute …