difference-in-differences approach combined with matching. Based on a large panel dataset on families with children in Germany … children. We exploit the fact that since the mid 2000s an increasing number of employers have become proactive and implemented … satisfaction and job satisfaction. In particular mothers who worked limited hours before the introduction, possibly due to …

between mothers and similar women with no children. Mothers send 12.2% fewer job applications and are more selective regarding …

-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 … data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) which captures maternal life satisfaction and numerous cognitive and non …

such wage responses. We assess if and how two decades of reforms of parental leave schemes in Germany have shaped changes …

The consequence of the arrival of children for the gender wage gap - known as the child penalty - is substantial and … has been documented for many countries. Little is still known about the impact of having children beyond paid work in the … production is roughly equal across gender before and after the arrival of children. This result rejects the hypothesis that women …

This is one of only a few studies on the division of care leave for sick children between parents in Sweden and the … parents with children born in 1999-2002 to analyse two aspects of working life that may influence how parents divide care …