The majority of children in the US and many other high-income nations are now cared for
many hours per week by people who are neither their parents nor their school teachers. The …

This article presents an analysis of 5 views of factors that contribute to the adjustment of
children in divorced families or stepfamilies. These perspectives are those that emphasize …

I examine the impact of the COVID-19 shock on parents' labor supply during the initial
stages of the pandemic. Using difference-in-difference estimation and monthly panel data …

Using harmonized longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), the
German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth …

This article compares 14 OECD countries, as of the middle-to-late 1980s, with respect to
their provision of policies that support moth ers' employment: parental leave, child care, and …

This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD
countries. The econometric analysis uses a panel data set covering 17 OECD countries over …

The Economics of Earnings analyses the wages that people earn, the jobs they do, and the
labour market laws and rules within which they operate. Moving away from the conventional …

Objective. This research analyzes the effect of public child care and parental leave policy on
the employment patterns of mothers with young children. Methods. The research design …

I document that the labor force participation rate of West German mothers with children aged
zero to two exceeds the corresponding child-care enrollment rate, while the opposite is true …

This article presents some results of a random household survey that examined the effects of
domestic violence on the labor force participation of 824 women living in a low‐income …