. 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 …

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 … this policy would be most effective to support mothers' labour market participation in countries where childcare fees are …

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 in the affected outcomes and the timing of these effects. In particular, when we exclude mothers on job …

This paper investigates the relationships between single mothers' demographic and socio-economic circumstances and … differences in their labour market attachment in Great Britain and West Germany. Employment of single mothers is a key issue in … attachment of single mothers, investigating the demographic and socio-economic factors that distinguish careers dominated by full …

This paper investigates the relationships between single mothers' demographic and socio-economic circumstances and … differences in their labour market attachment in Great Britain and West Germany. Single mothers' employment is a key issue in … differences in labour market attachment of single mothers, investigating the demographic and socio-economic factors that …

countries, leading mothers to rely on various forms of care depending on what is available to them in both the public (state …, the employment of mothers, and especially mothers with young children, is lower. This paper proposes a four …-fold classification scheme based on the type of "penalty" that women experience in the labor market as mothers. It then links each penalty …