mothers with very young children. The reform aimed at encouraging participation by allowing eligible single parents to … shows that single mothers affected by the reform had experienced a significant increase in their employment rate four years … after the reform was implemented. During the same period, the employment rate of married mothers with young children did not …

This study focuses on changes in the length of paid parental leave in Austria, France and Hungary between the 1960s and … parental leave affect mothers' labour market entry after childbirth. For each country, periods according to the different … policy reforms are analysed and data from the Generations and Gender Survey are used to account for changes in mothers …

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 …