with children and the ways in which part-time work and interruptions in paid employment influence the wages of working … mothers. It pays particular attention to how the relationship between employment trajectory and wage progression compares for … higher-skilled and lower-skilled mothers and for mothers of younger and older children. We find that mothers follow a wide …

their youngest child, asking two main questions. Do mothers tend to remain in employment once they have taken a job? And do … wages and other employment outcomes further down the line (when their youngest child is ten) reflect the employment pathway … qualifications. The paper finds mothers following a variety of employment pathways, with instability much more common than steady …

UK government policy encourages mothers of young children in low-income families to enter or return to work, via tax … in the future. But there is little evidence about medium- and long-term outcomes for mothers entering low skilled … skilled and better paid jobs. This paper uses a dataset which tracked lone mothers from 1991 to 2001 to examine employment …

UK government policy encourages mothers of young children in low-income families to enter or return to work, via tax … in the future. But there is little evidence about medium- and long-term outcomes for mothers entering low skilled … skilled and better paid jobs. This paper uses a dataset which tracked lone mothers from 1991 to 2001 to examine employment …

UK government policy encourages mothers of young children in low-income families to enter or return to work, via tax … in the future. But there is little evidence about medium- and long-term outcomes for mothers entering low skilled … skilled and better paid jobs. This paper uses a dataset which tracked lone mothers from 1991 to 2001 to examine employment …

their youngest child, asking two main questions. Do mothers tend to remain in employment once they have taken a job? And do … wages and other employment outcomes further down the line (when their youngest child is ten) reflect the employment pathway … qualifications. The paper finds mothers following a variety of employment pathways, with instability much more common than steady …

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 …

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 …

identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative … family gap. -- wages ; parental leave ; human capital ; return to work ; non-random selection …