extending childcare availability on mothers' labour outcomes. I find that an increase in childcare availability has a positive … for partnered mothers. A set of robustness checks confirm the validity of the identification strategy and the results. …

outcomes of mothers three years after birth by 85%. For first time mothers, it also narrowed the gap in maternal health between …, reducing hospitalization costs and the foregone income of mothers and improving the long-run socioeconomic outcomes of children …

for fathers in two parent families, and only some limited and modest effects on mothers in two parent families. For single … mothers, the point estimates suggest large and statistically significant effects on employment and hours of work, and in …

countries. It is supposed to increase fertility, promote children's development and enhance mothers' labor market attachment. In … years among industrialized countries on the employment of mothers in Germany. Identification is based on spatial and … slots by one percentage point increases mothers' labor market participation rate by 0.2 percentage points. The overall …

This paper shows that the time spent on parental leave affects mothers' careers several years after childbirth. It also … of mothers returning to work before their youngest child turns four. This further translates to increased representation … of employed mothers in high-skilled occupations and increases the average occupation wage of the affected mothers six to …

between mothers’ LFP and daughters’ LFP and fertility choices. We show that even though grandmothers who participate in the … labor force. This can be explained by the increase in family income as a result of mothers’ LFP offsetting the influence of …