family gap in pay - the differential in hourly wages between women with children and women without children. We present … results from seven countries: Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Finland, and Sweden. We find … we study here, the United Kingdom displays the largest wage penalties to children. The family gap in pay is larger in the …

workplace practices help determine parental labour market outcomes and may impinge on family formation and ultimately the … current and future labour supply. It covers Canada (in particular the province of Québec), Finland, Sweden and the United … Kingdom and also includes some options for policy reform towards a better reconciliation of work and family commitments in the …

education level. We finally provide suggestive evidence that family policies such as parental leave and subsidized childcare may …