' working hours is amplified through the influence of family peers. Using Norwegian administrative data we study the long …-run influence of the family network on mothers' labour decisions up to seven years post birth. For identification, we exploit … partially overlapping peer groups and assume that a mother interacts with her neighbours and family but not with her family …

decisions of her family peers. Using Norwegian administrative data covering the full population of women, we study the long …-run influence of the family network on mothers' labour decisions up to seven years post birth by regressing the mothers' working … extend the partially overlapping peer group approach by considering for each mother both her family and her neighbourhood …

task typically performed by women. Combining population-wide panel data from the Norwegian registry with municipality … transformation by displacing young rural women from their traditional jobs on farms in dairy-intensive municipalities. The displaced … women moved to urban areas where they acquired a higher level of education and found better-paid employment. These findings …