This article provides insights into employment decisions of mothers and mothers-to-be in a post-socialist Poland around … 1990s. We analyse in-depth interviews to explore women's motives to work for pay. We investigate how these motives are … related to women's childbearing experiences and intentions. Our analyses show that motherhood was central in women's lives at …

context of a recently introduced fertility promotion benefit in Poland. The paper is based on an adapted version of the … the lowest quintile. Vouchers for private childcare have been adopted by some municipalities in Poland to counter unmet …

context of a recently introduced fertility promotion benefit in Poland. The paper is based on an adapted version of the … the lowest quintile. Vouchers for private childcare have been adopted by some municipalities in Poland to counter unmet …

+ benefit, the employment-to-population ratio for women aged 25-39 (the most likely age group to be raising children and …