that single women become mothers of young children. We use probit regression to analyze individual data from the U … market earnings and to own separate property. The former were called married women's earnings acts (MWEAs) and the latter … married women's property acts (MWPAs). Scholarly interest in the acts' effects is growing. Researchers have examined how the …

women's employment after childbirth. The United States had no national family leave legislation until 1993, but many women …This paper uses microdata from the United States, Britain and Japan to examine the effects of family leave coverage on … of working women were covered. Japan has had maternity leave legislation since 1947 but not all workers were covered. We …