Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of … leave policies. We analyze the impact of a major parental leave reform on mothers' long-term earnings. The 2007 German … policy on long-run earnings of mothers, we use a difference-in-difference approach that compares labor market outcomes of …

Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of … leave policies. We analyze the impact of a major parental leave reform on mothers' long-term earnings. The 2007 German … policy on long-run earnings of mothers, we use a difference-in-difference approach that compares labor market outcomes of …

participants relative to non-participants. -- Unemployment ; transition economies ; active labour market programs ; evaluation …

. -- Evaluation of adult education ; job search model ; female labor supply ; wages ; participation ; unemployment ; schooling … understand the enrollment decision from the mothers' point of view, we use the estimates to calibrate a job search model …

Unemployment insurance schemes face a well-known trade-off between providing income support to those out of work and … the quality of the work found by the unemployed. This quality rise, in terms of both wages and duration, can be achieved …

workers in service occupations are identified to exhibit rising unemployment due to wage rigidities and are therefore not …

relate the results to the relevant level of female labor force participation. …

force participation costs of married women. …