outcomes are related to the fact that children impose significantly larger penalties on the career trajectories of women … the differential impacts of children on women and men. We propose a simple model of household decision-making to motivate …The past five decades have seen a remarkable convergence in the economic roles of men and women in society. Yet …

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment—sibling sex composition—affects women’s gender conformity … first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their choice … mechanism, I provide evidence of increased gender-specialized parenting in families with mixed-sex children. Finally, I find …

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender … for first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their … mechanism, I provide evidence of increased gender-specialized parenting in families with mixed-sex children. Finally, I find …

fewer hires and lower starting wages of young women compared to men and older women. … exogenous variation that we use to quantify firms' adjustment costs upon worker absence and exit. The reform increased women …

fewer hires and lower starting wages of young women compared to men and older women. … exogenous variation that we use to quantify firms' adjustment costs upon worker absence and exit. The reform increased women …

childless women to estimate the causal effect of having children on their career. For this purpose, we use administrative data … on IVF treated women in Denmark. Because observe d chances of IVF success do not depend on labor market histories, IVF …

of their breadwinner status in the household pre-children, women with greater access to workplace flexibility are more …This paper uses an event study approach to estimate the impact of children on the gender earnings gap in Australia. We … use the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to show the arrival of children has a large and …

, capital and wages, providing evidence of sorting into worse firms after childbirth. In the heterogeneity analysis, we find …

. The main contribution of this paper is the analysis of the effect of parenthood on women's and men's earnings using … the first child to be -10500€ for women and +6800€ for men. When comparing the percentage loss of potential earnings, I find … that women suffer a long-run child penalty of 63% compared to men. I then examine the relationship between the treatment …

This paper examines the impact of parenthood on labor market outcomes for both men and women using population …