an important role, yet it also reveals a puzzle: the pay gap for mothers is entirely explained by productivity, whereas … the gap for non-mothers is not. In addition, the decoupling of pay and productivity for women without children happens … general patterns for mothers compared to women without children within these subgroups …

liberalization when mothers were 20 years old. We find a robust positive association between progressive beliefs among the … grandmothers' cohort and mothers' likelihood to work while having a small child (0 to 5 years old) relative to similar women …

benefits also reduce take-up of paid leave by mothers, lower the chances of having further children, and have no impact on …

a child, mothers have a higher likelihood for engaging in informal jobs and less possibility of being promoted if they … work in the formal sector. Moreover, social norms towards gender roles lead mothers to devote more time to housework and …

We examine the impact of government-funded universal paid parental leave extensions on the likelihood that mothers …, such reforms neither helped nor hurt mothers' chances to be at the top of their companies' pay ranking or in leadership … and promotions. No reform affected fathers' pay or the gender pay gaps between mothers and their male colleagues and …

liberalization when mothers were 20 years old. We find a robust positive association between progressive beliefs among the … grandmothers’ cohort and mothers’ likelihood to work while having a small child (0 to 5 years old) relative to similar women …