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

We investigate the role of employment in explaining changes in the mental health of single mothers compared to … partnered mothers and single childless women during the period of welfare reform in the UK. We employ a time allocation … health, higher employment, and longer working hours. We estimate a Heckman selection model for employment and hours worked. A …

-entry into part-time employment is primarily affected by the mother’s own resources and former career, the return to full …This research examines re-entry into the labour force for mothers after maternity leave. The empirical analysis focuses … higher earning potential than the father, a group having the highest re-entry chances into full-time employment. The results …

that expanded childcare for 1–2- year-olds in Norway. Our results reveal a significant increase in the overall employment … of mothers in the target group, but only weak evidence of an increase in contracted hours of work. However, both … adjustments are only short term following the reform. When we consider sub-groups of mothers more closely, we find substantial …

that expanded childcare for 1-2- year-olds in Norway. Our results reveal a significant increase in the overall employment … of mothers in the target group, but only weak evidence of an increase in contracted hours of work. However, both … adjustments are only short term following the reform. When we consider subgroups of mothers more closely, we find substantial …

research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …

. We quantify the potential increases in the labour supply of mothers (at the extensive and intensive margins) in the case … significantly increased labour supply of mothers especially in countries like Hungary and Poland where the current share of formal … labour demand, the expected final employment effects will be less pronounced, but still positive. …

The Barcelona targets on childcare help increase women's labour-market participation and close the gender employment … targets, this paper estimates the impact on labour par- ticipation of mothers of alternative scenarios of formal childcare … availability and usage) would lead to significant increases in the labour supply of mothers (at the extensive and intensive margins …

that expanded childcare for 1–2- year-olds in Norway. Our results reveal a significant increase in the overall employment … of mothers in the target group, but only weak evidence of an increase in contracted hours of work. However, both … adjustments are only short term following the reform. When we consider sub-groups of mothers more closely, we find substantial …

that expanded childcare for 1–2year-olds in Norway. Our results reveal a significant increase in the overall employment of … mothers in the target group, but only weak evidence of an increase in contracted hours of work. However, both adjustments are … only short term following the reform. When we consider subgroups of mothers more closely, we find substantial heterogeneity …