Acknowledgments -- The opt-out narrative -- Changes in employment policies and cultural attitudes -- Employed mothers become the norm -- Doctors or dishwashers? : a look at who opts out -- Opting to stay : schedule flexibility and reduced work hours -- Does age matter? -- The motherhood wage gap...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Descriptive Evidence on Minimum Wage Effects -- 3 A Model of Minimum Wage Effects on Labor Market Careers -- 4 Labor Market and Welfare Impacts of Minimum Wages -- 5 Minimum Wage Effects on Labor Market Outcomes -- 6 Assessing the Welfare...