Increasing mothers labor supply is a key policy challenge in many OECD countries. Germany recently introduced a … opportunity costs of childbearing, incentivizes working women to become mothers and return to the labor force rapidly. Using a …-run effects on mothers employment probability are positive, significant and large, for some subgroups ranging up to 10 per cent …

We investigate the impact of delaying the first birth on Italian mothers' labor market outcomes around childbirth. The … stillbirths. Focusing on mothers' behavior around first birth our study is able to isolate the effect of motherhood postponement … evidence that late motherhood prevents a worsening of new mothers' job conditions (the so-called "mommy track"). Our findings …