We study the effect of childcare availability on child penalties. Using Swiss administrative data, we exploit the … staggered opening od childcare facilities across municipalities in the canton of Bern. We find that the presence of childcare … facilities in the year of birth of the first child reduces the child penalty. The availability of childcare increases maternal …

, on the other hand, parental employment reduces the amount of time parents spend with their children. …'s well-being and long-term educational outcomes. The overall effect of maternal and paternal employment on children …'s cognitive and educational attainment is not obvious: on the one hand, children may benefit from higher levels of family income …

This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …

This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …

zeigt sich, dass eine Nutzung von Elternzeit durch den Vater zu mehr väterlichem Engagement in der Familie führen, z.B. in …This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …

This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …-lasting effects on fathers' involvement in childcare and housework. Effects on maternal labor supply are also significantly positive …

We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit …

We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit …

gap in employment. The impact of the leaves depends, however, on childcare availability: long maternity leaves combined … with high childcare coverage lead to greater employment gap than when the coverage is low. The results do not prove that …The paper documents employment and wage gaps, which arise between mothers and childless women, for a set of 28 European …

In 1985, Gary Becker predicted employment and childcare sex gaps may ‘disappear or be greatly attenuated in the near … future.’ In this article, I examine trends in the employment gap between mothers and fathers of young children over the last …. Evidence from Canada finds childcare subsidies have a bigger impact on the gap than parental leave. …