frequently argued, is harming children. Heretofore, very little empirical research has actually investigated the impact of … and adolescent self-care. Findings suggest that the adolescents of mothers who work full-time spend an additional 43 … minutes per week in self-care compared to the adolescents of mothers who work part-time. Further, a standard deviation …

their young children longer, the conflict between women’s dual roles as full-time worker and full-time mother is reduced …

Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central objective of maternal and … national basis. This chapter reviews various types of leave policies available for working mothers (or parents) across … countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child …

This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on … mothers' and fathers' labor supply. Fathers' leave-taking is highly selective and the identification of causal effects relies … on within-father differences in leave-taking for first and higher order children that were triggered by a policy reform …

married mothers. We develop a life-cycle model where married couples face labor market, child care and fertility risk, and … mothers' employment decisions. We calibrate the model to the U.S. using data from the Current Population Survey. We show that … participation tax rates exceed 25 percent for most mothers in our sample, and can be as high as 60 percent when including child care …

earnings and decreases the compensating increase in fathers' earnings in households with below median earnings, but not in …

for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their newborn children. With increased female labor market …Labor market policies for expecting and new mothers emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century. The main motivation … gender equality. Proponents of extending parental leave rights for mothers in terms of duration, benefits, and job protection …

of mothers and fathers to children's development. Research findings indicate distinctive contributions from mothers and … safety of children. Although fathers and mothers bring many similar capacities that enable healthy child development, they …. These parenting differences appear to enable fathers and mothers to influence the same developmental domains through …

In 1998 the Norwegian government introduced a program that increased parents' incentives to stay home with children … under the age of three. Many eligible children had older siblings, and we investigate how this program affected long …