The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel …

), we confirm that, in general, mothers with young children have experienced a larger decline in employment, as compared … construct counterfactual employment rates and labor force participation rates that assign to mothers of young children the … differential job loss among mothers of young children accounts for a negligible share of the ongoing aggregate employment deficit …

employment, as compared (unconditionally) with other adults, including fathers. This excess job loss is driven by mothers without … mothers of young children the percent change in employment and labor force participation rates experienced by comparable women …This working paper examines how much of the overall decline in employment between the beginning of 2020 and 2021 can be …

consumption, income, or savings behavior. With longitudinal data on mothers and children from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics … results are heterogenous among mothers. Our results point to aggregate inefficiencies and inequities that may result from …

education shows positive effects for the unemployed with respect to both the employment probability and wages. To explain the … actual program participation rate, we model the enrollment decision from the mothers' point of view, using the estimates to … calibrate a job search model. We conclude that non-pecuniary factors cause mothers not to enter adult education. …