Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and …

relationship between work environment and the labor force participation of mothers. We first document a large variation in labor …

In the United States, almost a third of new mothers who worked during pregnancy return to work within three months of … length, which includes leave taking by mothers and fathers, and behavioral and physical health outcomes among new mothers …

Maternity leaves can affect mothers' and infants' welfare if they first affect the amount of time working women stay at … and expansion of job-protected maternity leave in Canada. The substantial variation in leave entitlements across mothers … of 17-18 weeks do not increase the time mothers spend at home. The physical demands of birth and private arrangements …

physical postpartum health complications and improves her mental health. Our results suggest that mothers bear the burden from …

examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following … weekly work hours of employed mothers of one-to-three year-old children by 6 to 9% and that their wage incomes may have risen …

children's lives. Among mothers of six month old infants, maternal work hours are positively associated with depressive … symptoms and self-reported parenting stress, and negatively associated with self-rated overall health among mothers. Compared … to mothers who are on leave 3 months after childbirth, mothers who are working full-time score 22 percent higher on the …