policies; and, at the micro level, whether the probability of returning to work and career prospects have increased for mothers …

Germany'-Study for 2010 and 2011 (N=3,301 mothers) with regional structural quality data. We used regression models of … employment status and work hours changes, respectively. In East Germany, mothers with a child aged under three years who lived in … negative association of child-teacher-ratios with maternal employment was marginally significant. For mothers with older …

A lack of adequate childcare can delay mothers' return to the labor market after childbirth. This paper examines … = 411) in corporative-conservative western Germany with mothers in former socialist eastern Germany (n = 528) shows that … mothers return to work sooner if they are surrounded by kin. But kin do not provide support for maternal employment in eastern …

Expanding childcare is often considered as a suitable way to enhance employment opportunities of mothers with young … set of scenarios of increasing subsidized childcare slots and mothers' employment. For a variety of European welfare … increased mothers' employment should be well targeted. The expenditures for additional childcare slots can to a large extent be …

not have children and not due to the wage penalty incurred by mothers. …