reunification, however, the employment rates of mothers with children requiring childcare have converged. This trend is accompanied … by a growing approval of maternal employment, especially in western Germany. However, differences in actual working hours … in attitudes and thus also in the full-time employment of mothers with young children. …

increase in completed fertility. Second, we find an increase in overall female employment, likely due to the desire to qualify …This paper examines the effect of the introduction of a 1982 maternity benefit program on childbearing, employment and … paid leave and a small cash payment at birth. We use individual-level panel data on birth, employment and marital status …

We study the causal effects of changes in parental leave provisions on fertility and return-to-work behavior. We … exploit a policy change that took place in 1990 in Austria which extended the maximum duration of parental leave from the … planned children and/or to increase fertility. We study the quantitative effect of this incentive using an empirical strategy …

We study the causal effects of changes in parental leave provisions on fertility and return-to-work behavior. We … exploit a policy change that took place in 1990 in Austria which extended the maximum duration of parental leave from the … planned children and/or to increase fertility. We study the quantitative effect of this incentive using an empirical strategy …

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers' employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of … joint taxation with income splitting for married couples, Austria taxes everyone individually, which leads to lower marginal …