Motherhood on Campus: Timing Childbirth during University Studies
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Keywords
wage differentials; female wages; parental leave; signaling; motherhood penalty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-INV-2025-01-27 (Investment)
- NEP-LAB-2025-01-27 (Labour Economics)
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