We study the short-, medium-, and long-run employment effects of a substantial change in
Germany's parental leave benefit program. In 2007, a means-tested parental leave transfer …

Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central
objective of maternal and parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of …

Entrepreneurial ecosystems create a conductive environment for innovation and advancing
sustainable development. They stimulate national innovation and economic development; …

In a model with endogenous female labour supply and wages, we show that liquidity
constraints that prevent households from buying child care generate an inefficiency and …

Globally, women continue to have less economic decision-making power and face gender-
unequal norms at work. Little is known about the impact of national public policies on norms …

As structural transformation and economic development have progressed, the issue of
climate change has become increasingly critical, concurrently with the growing significance …

World Bank Document Page 1 Policy Research Working Paper 10188 The Impact of Paid
Maternity Leave on Women’s Employment Evidence Using Firm-Level Survey Data from …

Gender equality in the labor market remains a difficult challenge in Latin America and recent
literature shows that child penalties play an important role in explaining these gaps. While …

This study examines whether paid maternity leave laws affect corporate cash holdings.
Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find the staggered introduction of these laws …

This study provides the first empirical evidence of the impact of maternity leave entitlements
on labor market outcomes for women of childbearing age in urban China. We exploit a …