accompanied by an employment increase of similar magnitude. To understand the absence of labor supply effects, we examine data on …

The paper documents employment and wage gaps, which arise between mothers and childless women, for a set of 28 European … 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 …

This study investigates the employment and childcare use behaviour of migrant and non-migrant mothers in Germany. We … probability of employment. In addition, the likelihood of gained employment increases with the length of stay in Germany. There … identify significant associations between migration background and employment probability, working hours, and childcare usage …

shapes normative judgements regarding daycare use and working hours norms for parents with young children in Germany. The …

We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit … program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that had paid benefits for up to two years was …

We study the short, medium, and long run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit … program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program, which had paid benefits for up to two years, was …

We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit … program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that had paid benefits for up to two years was …