attachment of mothers very moderately. The effects are driven by mothers earning less than the median annual work income of 15 …,706 CHF and by older mothers (>37). …

We analyse the effect of a mandatory kindergarten for four-year-old children on mothers' labour supply in Switzerland …. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find an increase of mothers' labour force participation. Since kindergarten … is not a full-day care, the results suggest a rise in the share of part-time working mothers. Furthermore, the reform …

no effects on second-order fertility. While the reform slightly changes the selection of mothers, this has little impact …

other, expansion of early child care can tap labour market potentials beyond those of currently underemployed mothers …. Moreover, conditional effects show that especially better educated and non-single mothers respond to the reform. …

phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age … and perform poorer in the math test, with stronger effects for (female) offspring born to very young mothers …

This paper studies how the statutory right to work part-time affects mothers' post-birth labor market outcomes and … does not increase the probability to return to work after childbirth significantly. However, mothers who gain the right to … granting access to part-time employment to those mothers who want it. While the probability to return to work after childbirth …