-parent-families differ according to poverty-risks and claiming of social benefits. The following paper examines mothers' duration of …

approach where mothers' wages upon return to the job are compared with those of their female colleagues within the same firm …

technique to account for possible selection effects. Our findings indicate that mothers tend to suffer a moderate wage penalty … mothers working in the public sector. The differences across sectors may be explained by considerable job flexibility and a …

lone mothers receiving means-tested unemployment benefits in Germany. Since the 2005 Hartz IV labor market policy reforms … employment offices. Thus, lone mothers' participation in labor market programs is studied empirically here. This can contribute … to determining the extent to which lone mothers are treated as adult workers in interactions with welfare state …

technique to account for possible selection effects. Our findings indicate that mothers tend to suffer a moderate wage penalty … mothers working in the public sector. The differences across sectors may be explained by considerable job flexibility and a …

differently in the labor market. In this paper, I examine one potential underlying mechanism: the re-entry of mothers in the labor … responsible for the educational divide in mothers' employment. Hypotheses are derived from human capital theory and labor supply …