increased fertility rate due to higher child mortality and limited access to healthcare services. However, we know much less … fertility by focusing on the UN intervention in Liberia. Combining DHS birth history data with information on road distance to … UN military compounds, we find that women living in the proximity of peacekeepers have lower fertility rates in the …

This paper examines whether maternity leave policies have a causal effect on women's mental health in old age. We link … data for women aged 50 and above from eight countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to …

This paper examines whether maternity leave policies have a causal effect on women's mental health in old age. We link … data for women aged 50 and above from eight countries in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of the extended parental leave in the return to work for mothers of … newborn children. Parental leaves have been introduced in the last 30 years in all European countries in order to extend the … characteristics and fertility history from different countries and, consequently, under different parental leave regulations. Results …