We study whether mothers' labor supply is shaped by the gender role attitudes of their peers. Using detailed … information on a sample of UK mothers with dependent children, we find that having peers with gender-egalitarian norms leads … mothers to be more likely to have a paid job and to have a greater share of the total number of paid hours worked within their …

We study whether mothers' labor supply is shaped by the gender role attitudes of their peers. Using detailed … information on a sample of UK mothers with dependent children, we find that having peers with gender-egalitarian norms leads … mothers to be more likely to have a paid job and to have a greater share of the total number of paid hours worked within their …

gender norms on earnings and labor supply post-childbirth. Our results show that traditional mothers experience a 18 …In this paper, we examine how pre-birth gender norms shape women's labor market trajectories and occupational choices … egalitarian mothers. Second, we investigate the role of pre-birth comparative advantage within couples, finding that this …

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender … for first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their … mechanism, I provide evidence of increased gender-specialized parenting in families with mixed-sex children. Finally, I find …

gender gap among full-time working parents, using the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003-2019. Our analysis reveals … that temporal flexibility has a U-shaped relationship with the wage rates of both fathers and mothers, and that temporal …

This chapter surveys recent literature on the drivers of mothers' labour supply in OECD countries. We present a number … of facts on the variations across time and across countries of family composition and mothers' employment. We aim to … play in households' decision regarding mothers' participation in the labour force? We aim to summarise the main results …

benefits also reduce take-up of paid leave by mothers, lower the chances of having further children, and have no impact on …

Using individual-level data from the European Social Survey, we study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for … the motherhood employment gap across 186 European NUTS2 regions (over 29 countries) for the 2002-2016 period. The gender … potential endogeneity of our gender norms measure with an index of the degree of reproductive health liberalization when …

Using individual-level data from the European Social Survey, we study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for … the motherhood employment gap across 186 European NUTS2 regions (over 29 countries) for the 2002-2016 period. The gender … potential endogeneity of our gender norms measure with an index of the degree of reproductive health liberalization when …

Using individual-level data from the European Social Survey, we study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for … the motherhood employment gap across 186 European NUTS2 regions (over 29 countries) for the 2002-2016 period. The gender … potential endogeneity of our gender norms measure with an index of the degree of reproductive health liberalization when …