Philippe, Arnaud; Skandalis, Daphne - 2024
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 … school on Wednesday by smoothing their search across weekdays and narrowing their search timing gap with other women. In a …
