We document how a change to work arrangements reduces the child penalty in labor supply for women, and that the consequent more equal distribution of household income does not translate into a more equal division of home production between mothers and fathers. The Australian 2009 Fair Work Act...

We study the impact of employment protection legislation (EPL) on firms’ innovation choices, through an event-study analysis of several labor market reforms occurring in Europe over 2000-2016. Data on firms’ technology adoption from the Community Innovation Survey reveal that substantial...