This paper examines the effect of the introduction of a 1982 maternity benefit program on childbearing, employment and … paid leave and a small cash payment at birth. We use individual-level panel data on birth, employment and marital status … increase in fertility rates, particularly for second births among married and older women, providing suggestive evidence of an …

builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage … that marriage by the median age reduces the probability of working for women by 47 percent in Jordan, 33 percent in Tunisia …

The transformation of women's lives in the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching social and … economic phenomena, affecting not only women, but also their partners and children. This Handbook provides the first … into three broad sections-marriage and fertility; the labor market; and special topics and policy issues. Separate and …