2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school … reductions observed for women with school-age children being attributable to additional child care responsibilities (the "COVID …

College-educated mothers spend substantially more time in intensive childcare than less educated mothers despite their … of the American Time Use Survey, we investigate this puzzle by testing the hypothesis that college-educated mothers enjoy … childcare more. We find that among all mothers, spending time in childcare is associated with higher positive feelings compared …

mothers of pre-school-age children spend doing enriching childcare and whether they adjust their schedules to spend time with … their children at more-desirable times of day. I find that employed mothers shift enriching childcare time from workdays to … shifting among part-time employed mothers. I find no evidence that full-time employed mothers adjust their schedules to spent …

suggests that mothers' paid work increased substantially following the introduction of the child care program. I then study the …

suggests that mothers' paid work increased substantially following the introduction of the child care program. I then study the …

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of employment and child care payment decisions of single mothers in the … decision to use paid child care among single mothers. The model distinguishes between the full-time and part-time employment … hourly price of child care for the amount of subsidy for mothers who receive one. The results show that full-time working …

leave policies. We analyze the impact of a major parental leave reform on mothers' long-term earnings. The 2007 German … policy on long-run earnings of mothers, we use a difference-in-difference approach that compares labor market outcomes of … mothers who gave birth just before and right after the reform and nets out season effects by including the year before. Using …