A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers …. This study presents a detailed model for the du- ration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition … into a number of states related to employment and unemployment among others. The model incorporates a large number of …

Numerous studies have investigated whether the provision and generosity of parental leave affects the employment and … economic policy questions include whether, at the macro level, female employment rates have increased due to parental leave … policies; and, at the micro level, whether the probability of returning to work and career prospects have increased for mothers …

A number of contributions have found evidence for motherhood being a critical life event for women's employment careers …. This study presents a detailed model for the duration of maternity leave in which young mothers can make a transition into … a number of states related to employment and unemployment among others. The model incorporates a large number of factors …

provider role and women staying at home and taking care of children. The employment of mothers was not a common practice, so … there are solid employment patterns of mothers, which change across cohorts for instance resulting in more part time …In the early half of the twentieth century in West Germany the male breadwinner model was dominant with men playing the …