effects on labor market outcomes of Chilean mothers, while fathers remain unaffected. Becoming a mother implies a sharp … decline in mothers' labor supply, both in the extensive and intensive margins, and in hourly wages. We also show that … motherhood affects the occupational structure of employed mothers, as the share of jobs in the informal sector increases …

more conservative gender norms and less generous family policies are associated with larger differences between mothers …' and non-mothers' labour market outcomes. …