There are considerable differences in gender unemployment gaps across the EU. We use labor force survey data on 21 … countries to perform a series of data decompositions and show that the cross-country variation in gender unemployment gaps is … permanently withdraw from the labor force after childbirth, the size of gender differences in unemployment strongly correlates …

We provide a parsimonious explanation for 80% of the extensive variation in gender unemployment gaps across the EU. We …. Specifically, we suggest that gender unemployment gaps arise through a mechanism that involves the effect of childbirth on women … statutory family leaves within the remaining group of EU countries. In addition, gender unemployment gaps among individuals with …