"Erziehungsgeld". The transfer programs differ in various dimensions. We study the effects on the labor supply of young mothers, by … receipt. Our results mainly confirm expectations based on a labor supply framework. …

We study the labor supply effects of a change in child-subsidy policy designed to both increase fertility and shorten … birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects. …

We analyse the effects of changes in parental leave regulations in Austria in 1990, 1996 and 2002 on second and third-birth … subsequent pregnancy. We construct monthly duration and order-specific fertility rates and parity progression ratios to study … both short-term shifts in period second and third-birth rates and the trends in cohort parity progression ratios among …

leave policies above a certain duration negatively impact women's labor market outcomes. In order to estimate the effects of … paid leave, we link data on 40 years of paid leave policy across 24 European countries to survey data using a birth … between leave length and women's labor force attachment, with leaves of three months or less increasing women's labor force …

The Czech Republic is a country with a strong attachment of women to the labor market, but with one of the longest paid … the impact of two reforms of the duration of the parental allowance on the labor market status of mothers 2 to 7 years …

adverse effect for children of low-educated mothers on human capital investments and labor-market attachment in early …