We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days …

Although male employees are increasingly making use of parental leave, gender differences in both usage and duration of … parental leave are still prevalent. In this contribution, we explore the role of gender for the relation between the incidence …

a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for … very strong negative employment effects after childbirth. Although the employment loss is reduced over the first five years … following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is …