-cognitive child development outcomes. We identify a strong positive association between mothers’ life satisfaction and their children …. Our findings suggest that mothers’ life satisfaction is beneficial for their children’s development at all ages and that it …

policies; and, at the micro level, whether the probability of returning to work and career prospects have increased for mothers …

for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their newborn children. With increased female labor market …Labor market policies for expecting and new mothers emerged at the turn of the nineteenth century. The main motivation … gender equality. Proponents of extending parental leave rights for mothers in terms of duration, benefits, and job protection …

non-mothers who work and mothers who do not work are more likely to agree that pre-school children suffer if mothers work …’s employment on children’s wellbeing (which proxy traditional gender attitudes). Drawing on a large, representative and …

-Economic Survey (HSES) to examine the correlation between the presence of children of different age categories in a family and female … household decision-making as potential explanations. We find that small children decrease the probability of female employment … relative to women with no small children. In particular, women with two children aged one to six years are 21.5 percentage …

Socio- Economic Survey (HSES) to examine the correlation between the presence of children of different age categories in a … towards women, as well as household decision-making as potential explanations. We find that small children decrease the … probability of female employment relative to women with no small children. In particular, women with two children aged one to six …

childless women to estimate the causal effect of having children on their career. For this purpose, we use administrative data …

policies; and, at the micro level, whether the probability of returning to work and career prospects have increased for mothers …