This paper examines the effect of the introduction of a 1982 maternity benefit program on childbearing, employment and … paid leave and a small cash payment at birth. We use individual-level panel data on birth, employment and marital status … increase in fertility rates, particularly for second births among married and older women, providing suggestive evidence of an …

builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage … that marriage by the median age reduces the probability of working for women by 47 percent in Jordan, 33 percent in Tunisia …

compare the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were required to leave employment on marriage because of the … certain sectors and jobs were required to leave their jobs once they married. The majority of women affected by this "Marriage … Marriage Bar to the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were not required to do so. It is found that the …

In 1933, the German government introduced the marriage loan for newlyweds, a policy aimed at increasing marriages and … births as well as male employment, which entailed a work ban for the wife and sizeable credit deductions for children. This …