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This paper studies the effects of teenage motherhood on later educational and labor market achievement of the mothers … (DATASUS 1981-1992) by state of birth and cohort. We find that the effects of teenage pregnancy are much stronger for high … school completion and labor market participation than for schooling or wages. A reduction in teenage pregnancy by one …
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labour supply and employment impacts of publicly-funded paid leave on mothers in the first year post-partum. The almost … continuing in the same job and under the same conditions. Further new evidence shows that disadvantaged mothers - low income …
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the United States, providing over $67 billion to more than 27 million families for the tax year 2016, an average of $2,455. By subsidizing the earnings of low-income workers, the EITC reduces poverty both directly...
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This paper documents the evolving impact of childbearing on the work activity of mothers between 1787 and 2014. It is … based on a compiled data set of 429 censuses and surveys, representing 101 countries and 46.9 million mothers, using the …
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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 …
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