This paper examines the labour supply disincentives of the Income Support system among single mothers with no … withdrawal of Income Support for single mothers whose youngest child turns 16. At this cut-off age, barely ineligible mothers …

the differential educational expectations mothers have for their daughters and sons, and consequently their children …'s later educational outcomes and labour supply. We find that mothers' and children's gender role attitudes, measured some 25 … their mothers held non-traditional (pro-gender-equality) beliefs, even if they were not working themselves. Consistent with …

exploits a reform that affected U.K. single mothers. In-work cash entitlements increased under this reform but eligibility to …

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers …. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences … differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives particularly for low …

mothers in reunified Germany, 1992-2009. During this time, East and West Germany share similar family policies, yet, the … regions differ markedly with regard to cultural orientations towards working mothers. Our comparison therefore allows drawing … mothers who were born and raised in the east, but had their first child after moving to the west provide us with key insights …

provider role and women staying at home and taking care of children. The employment of mothers was not a common practice, so … there are solid employment patterns of mothers, which change across cohorts for instance resulting in more part time …

mothers are higher in France than in Germany. Since the sample of mothers deciding on employment after a child is born might …

has remained fairly constant. In this paper we re-evaluate the labour supply responses of both mothers and fathers to … reflect actual time off from work in a system where job-protection exceeds paid leave. We find that both mothers and fathers …

sample of mothers only, a corrective method for selection into motherhood has been applied. In the empirical work, I use the … indicate that Latin mothers are more likely to return to work and to report more hours of work than their German counterparts …

effects: high educated non-mothers are persuaded by the informational treatments to increase their intended use of formal … child care (and to pay more); whereas low educated non-mothers to reduce their intended labor supply. These findings are …