choices led mothers to take, on average, 1-2 months less of leave. This decrease in leave duration, however, was not … few mothers indicate that they would start working if better access to formal childcare were available. Switching to the … more flexible leave system had a minimal effect on the labor market choices of mothers, as the majority continue to …

Britain and West-Germany, this research also explores how extended leave entitlements for mothers influence the division of …This study investigates how the duration of the work interruption and the labor market status of mothers upon their … results suggest that mothers increase their housework hours with every additional month of employment interruption. Mothers …

I use the universe of tax returns in Germany and a regression kink design to estimate the impact of the benefit amount … benefits also reduce take-up of paid leave by mothers, lower the chances of having further children, and have no impact on …

Mothers' longer time on parental leave after having children has been proposed as one reason for remaining gender … the argument that mothers take more parental leave as a consequence of pregnancy and breastfeeding. We compare the … going through a pregnancy increases the mothers initial parental leave, but the impact is minor. Instead, our results …