In this paper, we exploit pension reform-induced changes in retirement eligibility requirements to assess the role of … reasons: first, it has low rates of female employment and little formal child care provision, and second, it has undergone … mothers are retirement eligible have a 11 percent higher probability of being in the labor force than those whose mothers are …

amount of the gender income gap. In this paper we do two things. First, we use a simple household model to better understand … the potential mechanisms driving the child penalty, which include gender norms around child care, female preferences for … in heterosexual couples is primarily explained by female preferences for child care and gender norms, with a smaller …

family and work, and the education distribution of married couples have substantially changed. By contrast, the gender wage …

family and work, and the education distribution of married couples have substantially changed. By contrast, the gender wage …

We study the impact of grandparental retirement decisions on family members' labor supply and child outcomes by … negative for children aged 11-12 (substitution from grandparental to formal childcare). …

We study the impact of grandparental retirement decisions on family members' labor supply and child outcomes by … negative for children aged 11-12 (substitution from grandparental to formal childcare). …

childcare slots. Overall, I did not find significant changes in maternal employment during the first three years of motherhood … findings suggest that the restriction in the childcare availability became an important constraint for the employment effect of … studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform …