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Journal article

Journal of Human Resources:

Firm and worker responses to extensions in paid maternity leave

This paper investigates how firms and workers respond to a voluntary government-funded program increasing the duration of paid maternity leave from four to six months in Brazil. We show that larger, higher-paying, and mo...Read more...

CEP discussion paper

The Employment of Married Mothers in Great Britain: 1974-2000

This paper analyses the increase in mothers? employment in Britain over the period 1974?2000. The approach consists of isolating those birth cohorts whose mothers experienced significant increases in employment and relat...Read more...