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 …

data on West Germany are used and we exploit the expansionary family policy during the late 1980s and 1990s for … identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …

policies; and, at the micro level, whether the probability of returning to work and career prospects have increased for mothers …

data on West Germany are used and we exploit the expansionary family policy during the late 1980s and 1990s for … identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …

policies; and, at the micro level, whether the probability of returning to work and career prospects have increased for mothers …