The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel … of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany have both a higher probability of out-of-partnership birth and a …

. Using plausibly exogenous job loss from mass layoffs, we study the effect of labor shocks on mothers and children. Mothers …The first year after childbirth involves dramatic changes to parents’ lives and is crucial for children’s development … displaced in the postpartum year experience significantly larger effects than mothers displaced in non-birth years. No such …

In this paper we study the effect of unemployment on birth outcomes by exploiting geographical variation in the … unemployment rate across local areas in England, and comparing siblings born to the same mother via sibling fixed effects. Using …-cyclical. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health which varies from strongly adverse for the …

We study the effect of unemployment on birth outcomes by exploiting geographical variation in the unemployment rate …-percentage point increase in the unemployment rate leads to an increase in low birth weight and preterm babies of respectively 1.3 and … 1.4%, and a 0.1% decrease in foetal growth. We find heterogenous responses: unemployment has an effect on babies' health …

shifter in mothers' quits, we use a policy reform that extended the potential duration of unemployment benefits, which Italian …This paper explores how firms respond to the exit of mothers from the labour market after childbirth. As an exogenous … mothers can receive also upon resigning within 12 months of giving birth. In response to the reform, we find that mothers have …

women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a larger share of their earnings in the two years following job … unemployment remains. In a standard decomposition framework, we document that child care imposes an important barrier to women …

since the earnings benefits are concentrated among young adults who have children. The result also suggests that parental …