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Title: Mothers Employment by Child Age and its Implications for Theory and Policy

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: We study the timing of mothers decision to work following the birth of their children. We document a slow, steady increase in employment that begins after the birth of their children and continues at least until their youngest child is sixteen years old. We go on to assess the causes of this pattern. Our evidence indicates that the rising employment profile is not driven by falling childcare costs, differences in wage opportunities, non-labor income, or a variety of other observable characteristics. Instead, our evidence is consistent with women's reservation wages falling as utility from staying at home declines.

Url: http://lubotsky.people.uic.edu/uploads/2/3/1/7/23178366/mothers_labor_supply_kaestner_lubotsky_qureshi_sept_2_2015.pdf

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Authors: Kaestner, Robert; Lubotsky, Darren; Qureshi, Javaeria

Publisher: NBER

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Other

Countries: United States