at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with …

We examine the effect of joint custody on marriage, divorce, fertility and female employment in Austria using …

. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences …

career, especially for women. The recent German Elterngeld reform is one example: By replacing 67 per cent of prepartum … reform by using a natural experiment created by the quick legislative process of the Elterngeld reform: Comparing outcomes of … 12 months after giving birth, and a significant increase in mothers' employment probability after the Elterngeld transfer …

This paper studies the effects of a father quota in the parental leave period on households' labor market and fertility … leave delayed higher-order births and reduced subsequent fertility among older women (by about 15%). These results suggest a …

fertility. Following a regression discontinuity design and using rich administrative data, we show that parents who were (just … subsequent fertility. First, fathers' increasing involvement in childcare led to higher labor force attachment among mothers …. This may have raised the opportunity cost of an additional child. We also find that men reported lower desired fertility …

children's health at birth, subsequent maternal health and fertility, and longterm human capital outcomes of children. Our …