TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Wen-Jui, Han
AU  - Ruhm, Christopher J.
AU  - Waldfogel, Jane
AU  - Washbrook, Elizabeth
        TI  - Public Policies and Women's Employment after Childbearing
        PY  - 2009/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3937
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3937
        AB  - This paper examines how the public policy environment in the United States affects work by new mothers following childbirth. We examine four types of policies that vary across states and affect the budget constraint in different ways. The policy environment has important effects, particularly for less advantaged mothers. There is a potential conflict between policies aiming to increase maternal employment and those maximizing the choices available to families with young children. However, this tradeoff is not absolute since some choice-increasing policies (generous child care subsidies and state parental leave laws) foster both choice and higher levels of employment.
        KW  - maternal employment
KW  - public policies
KW  - childbearing
        ER  -