following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is … especially high for medium-skilled mothers with long prebirth employment experience. We find a significant reduction in the … a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for …

following childbirth, it does not level off to zero. The employment loss is lower for mothers with a university degree. It is … especially high for medium-skilled mothers with long prebirth employment experience. We find a significant reduction in the … a dynamic treatment approach to estimate the effect of having the first child now versus later on future employment for …

compatible with a working career, especially for mothers. We evaluate the reform using a natural experiment that compares … decrease in mothers' employment probability during the 12 months after giving birth, and an increase in mothers' employment …In 2007 Germany implemented a generous parental leave regulation in order to make parenthood more attractive and more …

heterogeneous response incentives. We find that the reform speeds up the labor market return of both groups of mothers after benefit …We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit … program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that had paid benefits for up to two years was …

studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform … after the reform implementation. Only for high-income mothers, the reform produced a significant decrease in the employment … benefits to estimate the impact of the reform. I incorporated the mother’s decision to substitute her care time with the public …

heterogeneous response incentives. We find that the reform speeds up the labor market return of both groups of mothers after benefit …We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit … program in Germany. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer program that had paid benefits for up to two years was …