mothers' and fathers' labor supply. Fathers' leave-taking is highly selective and the identification of causal effects relies …This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … promoting more gender equality in leave-taking. Results show that even short periods of fathers' parental leave may have long …

. Parenthood imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers. It creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant …. Supporting this interpretation, matched adoptive mothers (who do not experience the biological impacts of childbirth) also … encounter substantial parenthood penalties. Moreover, mothers who invest more in childcare (by taking extended maternity leave …

imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers. It creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant … differential help-seeking behavior across the sexes or postpartum depression. Instead, they are related to mothers' higher … investments in childcare: Mothers who take extended maternity leave in quasi-experimental settings are more likely to face mental …

imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers. It creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant … differential help-seeking behavior across the sexes or postpartum depression. Instead, they are related to mothers' higher … investments in childcare: Mothers who take extended maternity leave in quasi-experimental settings are more likely to face mental …

after the reform implementation. Only for high-income mothers, the reform produced a significant decrease in the employment … studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform … was to decrease birth-related maternal employment breaks by providing more generous parental benefits for a shorter period …

the fact that only mothers whose child is born in or after July 2015 are eligible for the new part-time PL option in a … Difference-in-Differences strategy. We find that the policy increased the probability that high income mothers return to work … during the first year after child birth by 2.1 - 2.8pp (≈ 15 - 20%). However, the policy does not impact maternal employment …

We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit … heterogeneous response incentives. We find that the reform speeds up the labor market return of both groups of mothers after benefit … effect are changes in social norms and mothers' preferences for economic independence. …

mothers' and fathers' labor supply. Fathers' leave-taking is highly selective and the identification of causal effects relies …This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … promoting more gender equality in leave-taking. Results show that even short periods of fathers' parental leave may have long …

We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit … heterogeneous response incentives. We find that the reform speeds up the labor market return of both groups of mothers after benefit … effect are changes in social norms and mothers' preferences for economic independence. …

mothers' and fathers' labor supply. Fathers' leave-taking is highly selective and the identification of causal effects relies …This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … promoting more gender equality in leave-taking. Results show that even short periods of fathers' parental leave may have long …