Using rich longitudinal register data from Denmark, we show that the allocation of mothers between the competitive …, mothers – post first childbirth – are increasingly switching from the private to the public sector and are also less likely to …

increase in fertility rates, particularly for second births among married and older women, providing suggestive evidence of an … increase in completed fertility. Second, we find an increase in overall female employment, likely due to the desire to qualify …

decreases the time mothers spend in the labor market. Few studies on lower-income countries, in which low household wealth … positive effect of an instrument-induced increase in fertility on maternal employment driven by an increase in informal work …

fertility and infant mortality rate. …

labor market when becoming fathers. We also find that mothers who become self-employed after the birth of the first child …

We study how childbirth increases the likelihood of young, working mothers to claim disability insurance and how … paternity leave. Our regression discontinuity difference-in-differences design shows that mothers with partners eligible for a …

decreases the time mothers spend in the labor mar- ket. Few studies on lower-income countries, in which low household wealth … positive effect of an instrument-induced increase in fertility on maternal employment driven by an increase in informal work …

This paper introduces a new IV strategy based on IVF (in vitro fertilization) induced fertility variation among … treatment success provides a plausible instrument for childbearing. Our IV estimates indicate that fertility effects on earnings … are: ( i) negative, large and long lasting; ( ii) driven by fertility effects on hourly earnings and not so much on labor …