of mothers in the target group, but only weak evidence of an increase in contracted hours of work. However, both … adjustments are only short term following the reform. When we consider subgroups of mothers more closely, we find substantial … heterogeneity in the affected outcomes and the timing of these effects. In particular, when we exclude mothers on job …

instrumental variables approach. We combine data on mothers from the EU-LFS, eligibility cutoffs gathered from country experts and … the context, timing, and the point of estimation. The results suggest that the childcare effect is the highest in CEE … countries, where at this child age, maternal participation is still relatively low compared to that of mothers with older …

weekly working hours by 4.3 %, compared to a situation without such an entitlement. Compared to medium-level educated mothers …, associations with respect to employment propensity are stronger (weaker) for mothers with a high (low) educational level whereas … hours associations are weaker for highly skilled mothers. Compared to mothers in couples, single mothers respond less …

. Using the legal claim for subsidized child care introduced in Germany in August 2013 for children aged one to three years, I … child care can tap labour market potentials beyond those of currently underemployed mothers. …Das vorliegende Papier untersucht nicht nur den Effekt der Verfügbarkeit von öffentlicher Kinderbetreuung auf die …

of mothers in the target group, but only weak evidence of an increase in contracted hours of work. However, both … adjustments are only short term following the reform. When we consider sub-groups of mothers more closely, we find substantial … heterogeneity in the affected outcomes and the timing of these effects. In particular, when we exclude mothers on job …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of the extended parental leave in the return to work for mothers of … suggest that the right to long and paid leaves gives mothers the opportunity to remain at home with the child at a lower cost …