assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (rather than live births), which tend to occur around the birth of … drawn from SHARE, we show that although marriage has a negative effect on women's employment (3.3%), its magnitude is much … marriage or pregnancy, is responsible for women exiting the labor force upon motherhood. …

the reform are consistent with hypotheses related to the improved financial situation of new mothers after the reform and …

compare the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were required to leave employment on marriage because of the … Marriage Bar to the educational attainment of the children of mothers who were not required to do so. It is found that the … children of mothers affected by the Marriage Bar were about seven percentage points more likely to complete university …

maternal age has an overall detrimental effect on offspring health and cognition. We show that children born to early mothers … effects suggests that children and in particular girls born to very young mothers are worst off. The transmission channel … policies assisting children born to early mothers and preventive policies tackling early pregnancy. …

that mothers make in newborns: breastfeeding and stimulation. We find heterogeneity across mothers in expected effort costs …