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79 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17603
Motherhood on Campus: Timing Childbirth during University Studies
Nicoline Josephine Bach, Astrid Würtz Rasmussen, Nina Smith
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17574
Beliefs on Children's Human Capital Formation and Mothers at Work
Césarine Boinet, Jonathan Norris, Agnese Romiti, Zhan Shi, Paul Telemo
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17473
Subsidized Small Jobs and Maternal Labor Market Outcomes in the Long Run
Matthias Collischon, Kamila Cygan-Rehm, Regina T. Riphahn
published online in: Socio-Economic Review, 28 February 2025
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17419
Income and Fertility of Female College Graduates in the United States
Zhengyu Cai, John V. Winters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17334
The Motherhood Penalty: Gender Norms, Occupational Sorting, and Labor Supply
Césarine Boinet, Jonathan Norris, Agnese Romiti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17249
Intergenerational Effects of Compulsory Schooling Reform on Early Childhood Development in a Middle-Income Country
Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Pelin Akyol, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Murat Demirci, Murat Güray Kirdar
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17235
Intersectional Analysis of the Labour Market Impacts of COVID: The Triple-Whammy of Females, Children, and Lower Skill
Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Viet Hoang Ha, Hui Ming
published online as 'Intersectional analysis of the labour market impacts of COVID on women with young children and in low-skilled jobs' in: International Journal of Manpower, 19 September 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17129
Motherhood and Domestic Violence: A Longitudinal Study Using Population-Wide Administrative Data
Sanna Bergvall, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16875
Longer Working Hours and Maternal Mental Health: A Comparison of Single vs. Partnered Mothers
Julija Simpson, John Wildman, Clare Bambra, Heather Brown
published as 'Do longer job hours matter for maternal mental health? A longitudinal analysis of single versus partnered mothers' in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (12), 2742-2756
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16875
Longer Working Hours and Maternal Mental Health: A Comparison of Single vs. Partnered Mothers
Julija Simpson, John Wildman, Clare Bambra, Heather Brown
published as 'Do longer job hours matter for maternal mental health? A longitudinal analysis of single versus partnered mothers' in: Health Economics, 2024, 33 (12), 2742-2756
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16459
The Parenthood Penalty in Mental Health: Evidence from Austria and Denmark
Alexander Ahammer, Ulrich Glogowsky, Martin Halla, Timo Hener
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16158
Neighbourhood Gangs, Crime Spillovers, and Teenage Motherhood
Christian Dustmann, Mikkel Mertz, Anna Okatenko
published in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (653), 1901–1936
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16155
Maternal Life Satisfaction and Child Development from Toddlerhood to Adolescence
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Jonas Jessen, C. Katharina Spieß
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16072
The Motherhood Wage and Income Traps
Francesca Barigozzi, Helmuth Cremer, Emmanuel Thibault
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15381
Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women's Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
S Anukriti, Catalina Herrera-Almanza, Mahesh Karra
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15261
Diving in the Minds of Recruiters: What Triggers Gender Stereotypes in Hiring?
Hannah Van Borm, Stijn Baert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14968
Do Changes in Employment and Hours Worked Contribute to a Decreasing in the Mental Health of Single Mothers during a Period of Welfare Reform in the UK? A Longitudinal Analysis (2009-2019)
Julija Simpson, Clare Bambra, Heather Brown
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14902
The Fertility Effects of School Entry Decisions
Rebecca Kamb, Marcus Tamm
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2023, 30 (8), 1145-1149
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14898
Gender Norms and the Motherhood Employment Gap
Simone Moriconi, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14898
Gender Norms and the Motherhood Employment Gap
Simone Moriconi, Núria Rodríguez-Planas
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14841
Motherhood, Pregnancy or Marriage Effects?
Inés Berniell, Lucila Berniell, Dolores De la Mata, María Edo, Yarine Fawaz, Matilde P. Machado, Mariana Marchionni
published in: Economics Letters, 2022, 214, 110462
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14811
The Evolving Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Inequality in the U.S. Labor Market: The COVID Motherhood Penalty
Kenneth A. Couch, Robert W. Fairlie, Huanan Xu
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2022, 60 (2), 485 - 507
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14752
Two Decades of Welfare Reforms in Australia: How Did They Affect Single Mothers and Their Children?
Alexandra de Gendre, Stefanie Schurer, Angela Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14491
Motherhood and the Allocation of Talent
Inés Berniell, Lucila Berniell, Dolores De la Mata, María Edo, Yarine Fawaz, Matilde P. Machado, Mariana Marchionni
published online in: Applied Economics, 9 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14046
Teenage Mother's Health across Different Life Stages
Guyonne Kalb, Ha Vu
published in: Economic Record, 2022, 98 (321), 191-213.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12937
The Effects of Home Visiting on Mother-Child Interactions: Evidence from a Randomised Trial Using Dynamic Micro-Level Data
Gabriella Conti, Stavros Poupakis, Malte Sandner, Sören Kliem
published in: Child Abuse and Neglect, 2021, 115, 105021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12489
Maternal Age and Offspring Human Capital in India
Marcello Perez-Alvarez, Marta Favara
published in: Journal Population Econonmics, 2023, 36, 1573–1606
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12432
Child Socio-Emotional Skills: The Role of Parental Inputs
Gloria Moroni, Cheti Nicoletti, Emma Tominey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12147
Motherhood, Migration, and Self-Employment of College Graduates
Zhengyu Cai, Heather M. Stephens, John V. Winters
published in: Small Business Economics, 2019, 53 (3), 611-629
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11533
Paid Parental Leave and Families' Living Arrangements
Kamila Cygan-Rehm, Daniel Kühnle, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 53, 182 - 197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11360
Gender Norms and the Motherhood Penalty: Experimental Evidence from India
Arjun S. Bedi, Tanmoy Majilla, Matthias Rieger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11085
Maternal Employment and Child Outcomes: Evidence from the Irish Marriage Bar
Irene Mosca, Vincent O'Sullivan, Robert E. Wright
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10592
Does Single Motherhood Hurt Infant Health among Young Mothers?
Albert Young-Il Kim, Jungmin Lee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10559
The Effect of Fertility on Mothers' Labor Supply over the Last Two Centuries
Daniel Aaronson, Rajeev Dehejia, Andrew Jordan, Cristian Pop-Eleches, Cyrus Samii, Karl Schulze
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10500
Maternity and Family Leave Policy
Maya Rossin-Slater
published in: S.L. Averett, L.M. Margys, S.D. Hoffman (eds.): Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy, Oxford, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10500
Maternity and Family Leave Policy
Maya Rossin-Slater
published in: S.L. Averett, L.M. Margys, S.D. Hoffman (eds.): Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy, Oxford, 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10362
Family Economics Writ Large
Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Guillaume Vandenbroucke
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55, 1346-1434.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10219
Single Mothers and Their Children: Evaluating a Work-Encouraging Welfare Reform
Katrine Vellesen Loken, Kjell Erik Lommerud, Katrine Holm Reiso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10023
Intensive Mothering and Well-being: The Role of Education and Child Care Activity
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Almudena Sevilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10023
Intensive Mothering and Well-being: The Role of Education and Child Care Activity
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Almudena Sevilla
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9801
The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Labour Supply and Employment Outcomes
Barbara Broadway, Guyonne Kalb, Duncan McVicar, Bill Martin
published in: Feminist Economics, 2020, 26( 3), 30-65.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9685
Employment Adjustments around Childbirth
Barbara Pertold-Gebicka, Filip Pertold, Nabanita Datta Gupta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8970
Impact of Hospital Delivery on Child Mortality: An Analysis of Adolescent Mothers in Bangladesh
Sarmistha Pal
published in: Social Science and Medicine, 2015, 143, 194 - 203
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8188
How to Stimulate Single Mothers on Welfare to Find a Job: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Marike Knoef, Jan C. van Ours
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, 1025-1061.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8072
The Impact of Adolescent Motherhood on Education in Chile
Matias Berthelon, Diana Kruger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7810
Motherhood Wage Penalty in Times of Transition
Olena Y. Nizalova, Tamara Sliusarenko
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016, 44 (1), 56-75
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7767
Career Lesbians: Getting Hired for Not Having Kids?
Stijn Baert
revised version published in: Industrial Relations Journal, 2014, 45 (6), 543 - 561
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7706
U.S. versus Sweden: The Effect of Alternative In-Work Tax Credit Policies on Labour Supply of Single Mothers
Rolf Aaberge, Lennart Flood
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7574
Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives
Xiaodong Gong, Robert Breunig
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7501
Low-Skilled Immigration and Parenting Investments of College-Educated Mothers in the United States: Evidence from Time-Use Data
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Almudena Sevilla
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(3), 509-539
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