The paper documents employment and wage gaps, which arise between mothers and childless women, for a set of 28 European … countries. The role of family policies in explaining these inequalities is then examined by looking at a single policy as well …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …

dreijährigen familienbedingten Erwerbsunterbrechung zu unterstützen. Federführend ist das Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren …

We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by …