duration from two to six months in 1979 and mothers' post-birth long-term sickness absence over a period of three decades after … childbirth. Using a regression discontinuity design, we first show that the leave extension caused mothers to significantly delay …-term sickness absence of returned mothers who gave birth before and after the change in leave legislation. Our findings suggest that …

Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and …

Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and …

Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and …

Pregnant women and mothers are one of the most vulnerable parts of the workforce. Despite legal provisions are intended … to safeguard the motherhood and prevent the mothers’ discrimination, the phenomenon of the voluntary resignation during … the mothers to abandon the workplace are explored through a complex statistical model, namely hierarchical structural …

, mothers in the military increased their amount of maternity leave and stopped supplementing with additional annual leaves as … mothers in the six-week policy period had. Though all mothers used the full six weeks of leave in the early period, it is the … less advantaged mothers–in the enlisted (worker) ranks, first-time, and single mothers–who disproportionately used more of …