We use data from Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden to examine whether part-time and intermittent work … during early motherhood leads to regular full-time work later. We find that in Sweden, by the time the first child is four … years old 80 percent of mothers are working full-time if 25 hours is counted as full-time work, but only 30 percent if a 35 …

We show that in the US, the UK, Italy and Sweden women whose first child is a boy are less likely to work in a typical … sons ; mothers' behaviour …