labour supply and employment impacts of publicly-funded paid leave on mothers in the first year post-partum. The almost … continuing in the same job and under the same conditions. Further new evidence shows that disadvantaged mothers - low income …

' mothers. Using detailed information on a sample of U.S. teenagers who are followed over time, we find that labor force … participation of high school peers' mothers affects adult women's labor force participation, above and beyond the effect of their … own mothers. The analysis suggests that women who were exposed to a larger number of working mothers during adolescence …

indicate that the gender role attitude is one of the most important determinants of women's initial entry into the labor force …'s decision to remain in the labor force. This result suggests that although the gender role attitude can induce low … to adversely affect their decision to stay in the labor force as wives and mothers. …

reunification, however, the employment rates of mothers with children requiring childcare have converged. This trend is accompanied … remain. Mothers in the east work full time markedly more often compared to mothers in the west. However, women in younger age … in attitudes and thus also in the full-time employment of mothers with young children. …

This paper uses a field experiment to study the effect of perceived gender norms on the motherhood penalty in the … exogenous variation in gender norms by prominently signaling patrilineal or matrilineal community origins of applicants …. Employers are less likely to callback mothers relative to women or men without children, but only if they are of patrilineal …

We highlight the role of home productivity in explaining the gender gap in labor force participation (LFP), and the non …

We highlight the role of home productivity in explaining the gender gap in labor force participation (LFP), and the non …

. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment, as … well as how gender norms differ substantially across societies at the same level of economic development. I then discuss in … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies …

shaped by a social norm about gender roles in the family. Via this social norm traditional mothers' informal child care … of career mothers is too small so that inefficiency and gender inequality go hand in hand. In a first-best world …We study the design of child-care policies when redistribution matters. Traditional mothers provide some informal child …

On average, mothers and fathers in Germany divide paid work and care work very unequally. Mothers often only work part … time, which results in further gender inequalities in the labor market. A current analysis of data from the German Family …, childcare infrastructure is insufficient and a very high gender pay gap persists in Germany. If policymakers want to dismantle …