Do Mothers Respond to Information About the Long-Term Consequences of Part-Time Work?
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Mothers’ labor force participation and earnings decline sharply following the birth of a first child, resulting in gender gaps between parents that are large and highly persistent (Cortés and Pan, 2023; Kleven et al., 2019; Kleven et al., 2025). This divergence, the so-called child penalty, has been identified as the central driver behind remaining gender […] The post Do Mothers Respond to Information About the Long-Term Consequences of Part-Time Work? appeared first on Microeconomic Insights .