This paper develops and estimates a dynamic model of employment and child care decisions of women after birth in order … to i) characterize women's behavior after birth and ii) evaluate the effects of mothers' decisions on children …'s cognitive ability. I use data from the NLSY to estimate the model. Results indicate that the effects of maternal employment and …

choices led mothers to take, on average, 1-2 months less of leave. This decrease in leave duration, however, was not … accompanied by an employment increase of similar magnitude. To understand the absence of labor supply effects, we examine data on … few mothers indicate that they would start working if better access to formal childcare were available. Switching to the …

setting of the German reunification when East Germany's gender egalitarian culture induced by socialism and West Germany … ones are not. West German mothers adjust their behavior to that of their East German peers not only when immersed in East …

Employment among mothers has been rising in recent decades, although mothers of young children often work fewer hours … maternal and paternal employment. It focuses on Germany, drawing on data from the German Family Demography Panel Study (FReDA … former group displaying strong approval for part-time employment among mothers and fathers of very young children and the …

approaches that took the particular situation and needs of women and mothers into account. Yet, even feminist welfare state … incentives from the fields of parental leave, early childhood education and care, school policy, employment law and taxation and … (Female and Maternal Employment Support) compiled for the purpose of the present study. These 27 incentives are not only used …