the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and …

Using time-diary data from the U.S. and six wealthy European countries, I demonstrate that non-partnered mothers spend … slightly less time performing childcare, but much less time in other household activities than partnered mothers. Unpartnered … mothers' total work time--paid work and household production--is slightly less than partnered women's. In the U.S. but not …

This paper studies the effects of child disability on mothers’ participation in the labor force using Australian data …. We formulate a bivariate Probit model in which mothers’ employment and welfare recipient status are treated as the … impacts of child disability on Australian mothers’ participation in the labor force are tested. Our testing procedure involves …