In this paper we assess whether changes in labor market decisions upon motherhood lead to potential inefficient … that motherhood effects go beyond the well studied effects of labor market participation decisions: the arrival of the … labor market responses to motherhood are larger in societies with more conservative social-norms or with weak policies …

beyond increasing the divorce rate. They can influence female labor supply, marriage and fertility rates, child well …

marriage or pregnancy, is responsible for women exiting the labor force upon motherhood. … drawn from SHARE, we show that although marriage has a negative effect on women's employment (3.3%), its magnitude is much … assess to what extent marriage decisions and pregnancies (rather than live births), which tend to occur around the birth of …

whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women's perspectives on gender preference … with 7.7 - 12.5% higher incidence of fertility discontinuation among women without a son. This son-preferring behaviour is … treatment effects) and a large set of model specifications, and find significant evidence supporting the role of early marriage …