We examine the effect of co-residence with fathers- and mothers-in-law on married women's employment in India …-in-law reduces married women's employment by 11-13%, while co-residence with a mother-in-law has no effect. Difference …-in-difference estimates show that married women's employment increases following the death of a co-residing father-in-law, but not mother …

In 1985, Gary Becker predicted employment and childcare sex gaps may ‘disappear or be greatly attenuated in the near … future.’ In this article, I examine trends in the employment gap between mothers and fathers of young children over the last …

Increasing maternal employment rates engage policies and people for decades. It is pushed but also questioned at the …-raising benefit, a higher benefit and two additional months extending the reference period if both parents participate in child … raising. This paper addresses the question what is the effect of the parent's money reform of 2007 on maternal employment …